[The Mint Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

Inflorescence of Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata (Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata) - Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata (Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata)

The photo at left shows a close-up of the flower of common self-heal as seen along Rd K6000 at about 2700'.........July 10, 2005. The photo at right shows common self-heal in bloom in a vernally moist swale with hyacinth cluster lily (Triteleia hyacinthina) near the east rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area......July 3, 2022.

Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata (Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata (Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata)

Additional close-ups of the native self-heal (ssp. lanceolata) which has erect stems and middle and upper stem leaves which are at least three times longer than wide. Photographed along forest road #070 on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams..........June 22, 2005.

Close-up of the inflorescence and upper stem leaves of Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata (Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata) - Common Self-heal, Heal-all, Lance Selfheal, Native Heal-all, Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata (Synonyms: Prunella vulgaris var. elongata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata)

Additional close-ups of the inflorescence and upper stem leaves of self-heal (ssp. lanceolata). Photographed in wet prairie at the east side of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refgue..........July 12, 2011.
Paul Slichter