Teucrium chamaedrys, L.

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 : 132

19. T. chamaedrys L. , Sp. Pl. 565 (1753)

(inch T. pulchrius Juz. ).

Rhizomatous dwarf shrub with annual flowering stems 5-50 cm, hairy. Leaves up to 2 x 1 cm, not more than twice as long as wide, oblong or oblong-obovate, entire to incise-serrate with obtuse teeth, or crenate-dentate, usually pubescent beneath. Inflorescence lax to dense, but always longer than wide. Calyx 5-8 mm, villous and glandular to glabrous; teeth c. j as long as tube, subequal, usually somewhat longer than wide, triangular, acuminate. Corolla 9-16 mm, pale to deep purple, rarely white, hairy. 2/z = 60. Europe, northwards to the Netherlands, S. Poland and S.C. Russia. Al Au Be BI Bu Co Cz G a Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu [Br].

Very variable. Numerous subspecies have been recognized. For a detailed treatment of these see K. H. Rechinger, Bot. Arch. (Berlin) 42: 344-389 (1941).