Scutellaria rubicunda, Hornem.

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

5. S. rubicunda Hornem. , Hort. Hafn. 2: 968 (1815)

( S. peregrina L. , nom. ambig.).

Stems 5-40(-60) cm, procumbent to erect, usually branched. Leaves 1-3 cm, ovate-triangular to deflate, serrate to crenate, subcordate at base, acute to obtuse, glabrous to velutinous. Internodes of inflorescence (8—)9—11 mm. Bracts (3-)5-9(-10) mm, shorter than the flowers, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire. Calyx usually with numerous long, white, eglandular hairs. Corolla (9-) 12-15 mm, usually purplish to bluish, the lower lip often whitish, rarely all white. S. part of Balkan peninsula; C. & S. Italy and Sicilia. Al Gr It Si. 1 Leaves ± glabrous, acute, ± serrate (a) subsp. linnaeana 1 Leaves pubescent to velutinous, ± obtuse, crenate 2 Upper lip of corolla white (d) subsp. geraniana 2 Upperlipof corollabluish 3 Flowering stems 15-30(-40) cm, + erect; leaves 2-3 cm (b) subsp. rubicunda 3 Flowering stems 5-10(-l 5) cm, ±procumbent ; leaves 1—1 - 5(—2) cm (c) subsp. rupestris