Ballota hirsuta, Bentham

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 : 150

4. B. hirsuta Bentham , op. cit. 595 (1834)

( B. mollissima Bentham , B. hispanica auct., non (L.) Bentham).

Perennial 60-80 cm, woody at base. Stems hirsute, with glandular and eglandular simple and stellate hairs, papillae and glands. Lower and middle cauline leaves 3-6 x 3-5 cm, cordate or truncate at base, ovate or suborbicular, crenate; petiole of lower leaves 5^10 mm. Bracteoles 3-8 mm, linear-subulate (the outer oblanceolate), membranous. Verticillasters many-flowered. Calyx 10-12 mm, campanulate; limb 8-10 mm in diameter, irregularly dentate; lobes 10 or more, up to 2 mm, triangular-acuminate, sometimes dentate, mucronulate. Corolla 14-16 mm, purple or white. Roadsides, walls and waste places. C. & S. Portugal, C., S. & E. Spain, Islas Baléares. BI Hs Lu.