valentinziAug 8, 2025
Several flowering spikes of Common Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris, Kleine Braunelle) grow among grasses and other meadow vegetation. In the left part of the image, a seed head of Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata, Spitzwegerich)

#flowers #meadow #selfheal #prunellavulgaris #kleinebraunelle #braunelle #ribwort #plantain #plantagolanceolata #spitzwegerich
valentinziJul 8, 2025
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris, Kleine Braunelle) is a low-growing perennial herb with purple to violet flowers, commonly found in meadows, grasslands, and along roadsides across temperate regions. It thrives in well-drained soils and tolerates a range of conditions from sun to partial shade.
Self-heal plays an important role in supporting biodiversity. Its flowers provide nectar and pollen for many pollinators, including bees and butterflies. The plant also helps stabilize soil and can improve ground cover in disturbed areas. Additionally, it serves as a food source for some herbivorous insects and contributes to habitat complexity in natural and semi-natural ecosystems. Traditionally, self-heal has been used in herbal medicine for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and wound-healing properties. It is often applied to minor cuts, bruises, and sore throats, promoting faster recovery and soothing inflammation.
Often also called heart-of-the-earth has been selected as a "Wild Plant 2023" by the Loki Schmidt Foundation to draw attention to this decline and the loss of species-rich meadows. I realized that in our meadow plenty of this flowers grow after the first (hay) cut.

#flower #wildflowers #meadows #nativeplants #selfheal #prunella #prunellavulgaris #kleinebraunelle #braunelle #pollinators #biodiversity
Show threadCamellia Tea CeremonyJun 20, 2025

Self-heal, known as 'utsubogusa' (ウツボグサ) in Japanese, is an amazing little plant, both eaten and used for medicinal purposes (especially to treat sore throats).

Anti-inflammatory in nature, the Chinese believed the plant was able to "change the course of a chronic disease".

#selfheal #healall #ウツボグサ

Cormac's CoastJul 14, 2024

Purples and pinks popping all over the Burren at the moment. Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) and Bloody Crane's-bill (Geranium sanguineum) are just two of the species adding to the carpet of colour.
County Clare, Ireland.

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#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #wildflowers #selfheal #bloodycranesbill #Ireland

Show threadCamellia Tea CeremonyJun 21, 2024

In the traditional Japanese calendar June 21st-26th is 'Natsukarekusa karuru' (乃東枯), 'Self-heal withers'.

This is part of the June 21st-July 6th micro season known simply as 'Geshi' (夏至 'Summer Solstice').

#Japan #Kyoto #夏至 #SummerSolstice #京都 #solstice #selfheal

Coreyartus ImageryFeb 21, 2024

Part of my detox from FB & Insta has been the realization that I have to develop a new "inner circle" to replace those of family and friends that were present on those other platforms.

And then I'm reminded that they weren't an "inner circle" simply because they used the same platform I used. They never actually saw my stuff unless the algorithm let them.

So this loop of feeling alone, then realizing I was always alone and I'll be okay... It's artificial, but still exhausting.

#selfheal

beforewisdom Jul 5, 2023

This very common medicinal and edible plant grows wild. SUBSTANTIAL amounts of research shows it's benefits. It regulates the immune system up or down as needed. It helps protect against UV damage to the skin. It helps heal gingivitis. It is an antiinflammatory.

It is called Self Heal, All Heal, and Prunella Vulgarius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jse1wUz_9ys&list=PLurDwiRpnUJ7FZIHed_k6NGYA9eia8P8G&index=3

#SelfHeal #AllHeal #PrunellaVulgaris #HerbalMedicine #Herbalism #Herbs #AutoImmune

Self Heal — The Little Weed With POWERFUL Benefits

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Pauline von HellermannJul 2, 2023
#WildFlowerHour love this time of year when our grass is full of #WhiteClover and #SelfHeal - so small, so easy to miss, yet so incredibly beautiful and amazing when you look closely
#SmallIsBeautiful #ClimateDiary
haqJun 29, 2023

My penultimate "wild" post: Self-heal, which is Prunella vulgaris in botanical Latin or in Cymraeg it's Craith Unnos (meaning "heal overnight" but literally translates as "one-night scar", aka Y feddyges las "the blue doctor"). Grows short in mown lawns and taller in uncut meadows but never an attention seeker. One of my favourite plants.  

#30DaysWild #wildflowers #SelfHeal #nature

CohoJun 16, 2023
Velvet grass, a highly invasive species, has killed dogs and cats, and contains enough cyanide that it has even killed goats who ate too much. A turf grass that not only chokes out other species, it is allopathic and poisons its neighbors, and can inhibit tree growth. Introduced to my watershed in the form of two grass hay bales, spread on a small landslide in the winter of 2017.
My watershed is a rarity having high densities of healthy intact CA native prairie. In a few short years this shit has moved throughout the watershed. I spent 80 hrs in 2018 pulling velvet grass from ground zero, but unfortunately it escaped off site, and is colonizing the watershed at an alarming pace, spread by heavy equipment, car tires and the wind.
I just pulled every velvet grass seedling, before it set seed, on both sides of a four mile stretch of road. Im tired, heartbroken, and very angry.
My advice from doing decades of watershed restoration .......never, ever, ever, use any bales except rice straw as mulch.
Photos, Before and after weeding velvet grass (holcus lantanus) out of the ditch.
A lovely green and purple, low growing bed of Self-Heal ( prunella vulgaris) emerges. Self-Heal is both edible and medicinal.
#PrunellaVulgaris
#SelfHeal
#InvasivePlants
#VelvetGrass
#HolcusLantanus