Wildlife Spotting

Feel free to add it to Midwestern Gardens mission. Even though we don't put it there on purpose I find that it always finds its way into my gardens. I pull out some but always leave some and let it grow. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8472019

This stuff loves my yard...we have it come up every spring. It is pretty when you really look at it.

I used to hear it called that, too. Another mint relative is Prunella, which is called "heal-all". Is there some implied difference between those two common names?

I think that's Self-heal? I have never heard it called Purple Dead Nettle though, so, now I am starting to doubt myself.

Self-heal.

Gooddiehl is right, purple dead nettle is in the mint family. It's native to Europe and Asia, but has become invasive in North America. It's a pretty plant, especially when you take a close look at the flowers, but it would be even pretty in its native range.

I forgot what the name of this plant is but I can tell you that it is in the mint family.