284 BLUE AND PURPLE 



1. SELF-HEAL; HEAL-ALL: Blue Curls: 

 Heart-of-the-Earth: Brunella. 



Prunella vulgaris. 

 Mint Family. June — Sept. 



Found in fields, waste places, along road- 

 sides, throughout the United States. Natu- 

 ralized from Europe. 

 Flowers — Tiny, purple, varying to white, lower 

 lip slightly fringed, borne in a dense 

 head, terminating stem 6—12 inches 

 high. 

 Leaves — Opposite, oblong, narrowed toward the 

 tip, slightly toothed. 



2. BLUE-EYED GRASS: Eye-bright: Blue 

 Star. Sisyrinchium an gusti folium. 



Iris Family. May — July. 



Found in moist fields, meadows. Newfound- 

 land to the far West, southward to Virginia. 

 Flowers — Deep violet-blue with a yellow center, 

 the 6 divisions tipped with a point; 

 flowers borne erect on flat stems 6—1-1 

 inches high. 

 Leaves — Grass-like. 



