Cut-Leaved Selfheal

The rare wildflower was cultivated in Britain more than 300 years ago and is known to have been introduced to some sites when they were planted with imported clovers; nevertheless, Cut-leaved Selfheal is considered to be native to some grassland sites in Britain. This downy creeping perennial rarely grows taller than 30cm and often the flower heads are no more than 5 to 10cm above the ground. A distinguishing feature of this plant is the shape of its leaves, which are very deeply lobed, often with cuts almost to the central vein.