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Prunella
Also called Self Heals, Self Heal, Selfheals, Accentors
Prunella is a genus of low-growing mint-family herbs, best known as common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), a spreading ground cover that often appears as a lawn weed. Grow it in moist, open ground and let it spread.
Prunella is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae, also known as self-heals, heal-all, or allheal for their use in herbal medicine.
Most are native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal) is Holarctic in distribution, occurring in North America as well, and is a common lawn weed. Prunellas are low-growing plants, and thrive in moist wasteland and grass, spreading rapidly to cover the ground. They are members of the mint family and have the square stem common to mints.
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