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Self Heal - Prunella - - Western Isles - Wild Flowers - Wildflowers & Flora of The Isle of Harris and The Isle of Lewis - Hebrides Flowers
Native to Scotland and The UK - Self Heal - Prunella Vulgaris - Western Isles wildflowers - These lovely purple flowers are violet, purple usually and are in cylindrical whorls which form dense spikes with two leaves at the base


Western Isles Wildflowers - Wild flowers of The Hebrides
self heal - Western Isles Wildflowers
Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris
Isle of Lewis - Wildflowers

Western Isles Wildflowers
Self Heal is common in fields, meadows, and pastures. You can see it here on the Islands in the wet meadows and marshes. It is a native plant found throughout Scotland and The UK,. It has really pretty wildflowers.

Vigorous Perennial Herb
The self heal or prunella plant is a perennial herb that is Incredibly vigorous and spreads by underground stems that shoot out in every direction once the first root is stuck in the ground. Self Heal grows up to 60 cm high. It has a thick dark green stem with a few broad leaves and purple-brown, blue-purple flowers. It flowers from May to September

Heal All - Cure All - Antibiotic
The self heal plant is known as the heal-all and cure-all Plant as it is thought to have all manner of properties that can be of assistance in healing in general. Self-heal has a reputation for keeping people well during an outbreak of infectious diseases. It is said t have an antibiotic effect. The plant is widely used in China - South America. In New Zealand it is used in ointments to heal stubborn cuts and bruises that wont heal on their own. In Ireland it is thought to be useful to treat heart complaints.


 
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Self Heal - Wildflowers of the Western Isles
Self Heal - Purple - Red Western Isles Wildflowers

Self Heal - Prunella - Western Isles Wildflowers		 Many Other Names
Square stem, Thimble flower, Sickle-heal, Sicklewort, Slough-heal, Hookweed, Panay, Proud carpenter, Herb carpenter, Hercules' all-heal, Hook-heal, Carpenter's herb, Heart of the earth, Brunel, Caravaun bog, Carpenter grass, Blue curls, Brownwort, Heal-all, All-heal, Bumble-bees, Herb, Fly Flowers, Heart of the Earth, Hook-heal, London Bottles, Pick Pocket, Pimpernel, Prince's Feather.

Culinary Uses
This lovely plant can be used in salads as can most herbs

.Leaves - Hairy Plant
The leaves are lance shaped, serrated and reddish at tip,one inch long and 1/2 inch broad. The leaves grow on short stalks in opposite pairs down the square stem. The upper leaves are stalk less. The whole plant is more or less hairy

Flowers
The flowers are violet, purple usually and are in cylindrical whorls which form dense spikes with two leaves at the base. The calyx is reddish-purple, with the very small teeth fringed with a few hairs. There are two kidney-shaped, or egg-shaped to heart-shaped, broad, long pointed bracts below each whorl which are fringed with hairs and green with purple edges..

Insects and Bees
The self heal plant is visited by many insects particularly bees.


 

 

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Self Heal in the Machair at Tolsta - Wildflowers of the Western Isles
Self Heal In The Tolsta Machair - Westen Isles Wildflowers


 
Western Isles Wildflowers - Flora & Flowers of The Outer Hebrides - Hebridean Wild Flowers
Gorse - Wildflowers - Isle of Lewis - Isle of Harris