Ajuga chamaepitys, (L.) Schreber

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 129

10. A. chamaepitys (L.) Schreber , op. cit. 24 (1773).

Annual or short-lived perennial; stem 5-30 cm, usually much branched, glabrous to densely lanate-villous. Leaves 3-partite with linear segments 0-5-3(-4) mm wide, the segments sometimes 3-fid.

Bracts similar to the leaves. Flowers 2-4 at each node. Calyx 4-6 mm, the teeth as long as or shorter than the tube. Corolla yellow with red or purple markings, rarely entirely purple; tube about equalling calyx; upper lip entire. Stamens exserted; filaments hairy. Most of Europe except the north. Al Au Be BI Br Bu Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu.