Selfheal
Here is another member of the Lamiaceae family: Prunella vulgaris, commonly known as selfheal or all-heal. Like the other Lamiaceae that we have looked at, red dead nettle and ground ivy, it has the characteristic two lipped zygomorphic flower and a square stem.
The genus name Prunella is a corruption, or perhaps misspelling, of Brunella which is derived from the German word for quinsey (Bräune) a bacterial throat infection for which self heal was believed to be a cure. The species name, vulgaris, means common which is exactly what it is; it grows in our lawns, allotments, playing fields, hayfields and parks.
zygomorphic flowers on long stems among the mown grass
It is very adaptable. In tall grass it is an upright plant and the flower heads grow on long stems; in short grass, mown or grazed, it spreads sideways forming clumps and patches with reduced flower heads on stems no more than a four or five centimetres long.
It will be somewhere in your lawn; choose a clump and let it grow tall flower stems for the bees and other nectar feeders to visit.
If I have some i’ll let it grow for the bees!