Native Plant Database

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Flower:
Fruit: Purple, Blue
Size Class: 1-3 ft.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Time: Apr , May , Jun

Distribution

USA: AK , AL , AR , AZ , CA , CO , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IA , ID , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , MT , NC , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NM , NV , NY , OH , OK , OR , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , TX , UT , VA , VT , WA , WI , WV , WY
Canada: NL , NS , PE
Native Habitat: Found growing in low meadows, open woodlands, roadsides, pasturelands, lake margins, and waste places in the east fourth of Texas; widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
USDA Native Status: L48(N), AK(N), CAN(N), SPM(N)

Growing Conditions

Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade
Conditions Comments: Low growing plant that is easily overlooked. The intricate flower is beautiful shades of purples and lavenders. Flowers form in dense clusters at stem ends, each with a two-lipped arrangement, with its upper petal resembling a hood.

Benefit

Use Medicinal: Astringent
Conspicuous Flowers: yes
Attracts: Butterflies

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees
Special Value to Bumble Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

Find Seed or Plants

Find seed sources for this species at the Native Seed Network.

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From the National Organizations Directory

According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is either on display or available from the following:

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin, TX
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden - Santa Barbara, CA
Native Seed Network - Corvallis, OR

Bibliography

Bibref 328 - Wildflowers of Texas (2003) Ajilvsgi, Geyata.

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata