Common Black-headed ( Latin Prunélla vulgáris ) is a plant of the Lamiaceae family, type species [2] of the genus Chernogolovka . In a number of sources it is referred to as the neck , or the neck of the neck [3] .
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Prunella vulgaris L. , 1753 |
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It grows in bright forests , in meadows , in shrubbery , along river banks, lakes (like a weed ), along the edges of swamps.
The range of the species includes Russia, Asia Minor , Iran , India , China , Mongolia , Japan , North America , North Africa , Australia .
Botanical illustration from a book by
O. V. Tome Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz , 1885
Chernogolovka vulgaris is a perennial plant with creeping rhizome . The stems at the base are ascending, 15-30 cm high, hairy in the upper part [4] .
The leaves of the upper pair are sessile or almost sessile, the rest on the petioles. Leaf blades are oblong-ovate, blunt, whole-edge or fuzzy [4] .
Flowers in false whorls , on short legs. They are collected in apical, dense, spike - shaped inflorescences . Bracts broadly ovoid or almost round, often dark purple. Calyx is two - lipped, with short sharp teeth, the corolla is also two-lipped, purple, 1.5-2 times longer than the calyx, with a straight tube, with a hairy ring inside. The upper lip of the corolla is helmet-like [4] .
Fruits - ovoid, trihedral, shiny nuts .
The plant contains vitamin C , due to which it is used in folk medicine as a hemostatic and for colds .
A study of the antitumor properties of medicinal plants showed that the ursolic acid and carophyllin contained in the blackhead suppress the growth and spread of various types of cancer. [five]