Scutellaria altissima, 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 : 136

4. S. altissima L. , Sp. Pl. 600 (1753).

Stems up to 100 cm, erect, simple or branched. Leaves 5-15 x 2-5 cm, ovate, serrate, glabrous or hairy beneath on the veins. Internodes of inflorescence 10-12 mm. Bracts 6-10 mm, shorter than the flowers, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire, acute, green. Calyx without or with only a few long, white, eglandular hairs. Corolla 12- 16(-18) mm, bluish; lower lip whitish; tube subglabrous to pubescent outside. Woods. E. C. & S.E. Europe; C. & S. Italy. Al Bu Cz Gr Hu It Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K) [Au Be Br Ga Ge].