Stachys

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 : 154

Sect. Stachys . Perennial herbs or small shrubs; stock without persistent terminal rosettes of leaves; flowering stems terminal. Verticillasters usually not more than 12-flowered; bracteoles usually absent or minute.