Prunella vulgaris L., 1753 52% complete

Heal-all

Sp. Pl.: 600 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced9 Differs from sources5 Source not recorded16 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 600 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Heal-all No source recorded
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Observations Temp. & Subtrop. Northern Hemisphere to C. America No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 11 cm
  • 11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 105 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 66, 86, 92, 108, 115, 116, 133, 164, 178, 320, 327, 347, 353, 419, 468, 519, 589, 616, 807, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 264, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
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Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture coarse Differs from sources
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Fruit shape mericarp Sourced
Growth form Stoloniferous No source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height 20 cm
  • 20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 66, 86, 92, 108, 115, 116, 133, 164, 178, 320, 327, 347, 353, 419, 468, 519, 589, 616, 807, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep
  • feb, apr, may, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 66, 115, 163, 174, 203, 264
Differs from sources
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 31 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 66, 71, 86, 92, 110, 164, 175, 178, 203, 264, 460, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 71, 110, 444, 445, 882
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 5.4 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 22 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record