Where is the latest origin of Prunella vulgaris?

Prunella vulgaris, also known as Prunella vulgaris, etc., Prunella vulgaris, etc., let's take a look at the origin of Prunella vulgaris

Where is the origin of Prunella vulgaris?

Prunella vulgaris is mainly distributed in Europe, North Africa, Siberia, West Asia, India, Pakistan, Nepal and other places, as well as Australia and North America. China is mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces and regions.

The producing environment of Prunella vulgaris

Prunella vulgaris grows in gully wetlands or wet grass, wasteland and roadsides on both sides of the river bank, likes a warm and humid environment, can withstand cold and has strong adaptability, but it is better with sandy loam with sufficient sunshine and good drainage. It can also be planted in dry slopes, foothills, forest grasslands, roadsides and fields, but low-dust and waterlogged land is not suitable for cultivation, and there are few diseases and insect pests in the whole growth process.

Variety classification of Prunella vulgaris

1. Prunella vulgaris: Prunella vulgaris is a perennial herb of Labiatae, with a height of about 15 cm and square stem. Leaves opposite, ovate. Verticillate inflorescences, with 6 flowers, clustered into dense terminal cylindrical spikes. Corolla more than 2.5 cm long, Corolla tube white, lips deep purple, there are white flowers, safflower, magenta, rose and feather leaves and other varieties, originated in Europe through the Balkans and West Asia to central Asia.

2. Prunella vulgaris: Prunella vulgaris is a perennial herb of Labiatae, with creeping rhizome and upright stem. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, base rounded, margin shallowly undulate to crenate-serrate, both surfaces densely articulate hirsute. Verticillate inflorescences usually 6-flowered, mostly densely composed of spikes 2 × 3 cm wide and 2 cm wide, calyx purple. Nutlets are ovate-shaped, flowering and fruiting from June to January of the following year, produced in Yunnan, southwestern Sichuan, India and Sikkim.

3. Narrow-leaf Prunella vulgaris: Prunella vulgaris is a perennial herb of Labiatae, with creeping rhizome, fibrous root on node and stem creeping upward. Stems and leaves papery, ovate-oblong or ovoid, apex obtuse, base rounded, truncate to broadly cuneate, decurrent into narrow wings, margin with inconspicuous undulate shallow teeth or subentire, hispidulous or subglabrous above. Dense spikes 2-4 cm long, calyx campanulate, Corolla purple, blue-purple or reddish purple. Nutlets yellowish brown, oblong-ovoid.

4. Prunella vulgaris: Prunella vulgaris is a perennial herb of Labiatae, 10-25 cm high, with most stems, the lower leaves of the stem are broadly ovate to long ovate, the leaves in the middle of the stem are equal to or shorter than the petioles of the leaves, and the upper leaves of the stem become smaller. Verticillate inflorescences born in upper leaf axils of stem, bracts Obovate or oblanceolate, calyx obviously two-lipped, lip-shaped Corolla yellowish or white. Nutlets are round in shape. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xizang and other places.

5. Mountain spinach: mountain spinach is a perennial herb of the genus Orchidaceae, with creeping rhizomes and numerous stems. Stems and leaves ovoid or ovoid-oblong, petiole conspicuous. Verticillate inflorescences 6-flowered, gathered at the top of branches to form spikes 3-5 cm long, with bracts below each cymes, calyx apex red or purple, Corolla lilac or dark purple. Nutlets ovoid, brown glabrous. The flowering period is from May to July and the fruiting period is from August to September.