Stachys eretica, 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 : 153

14. S. eretica L. , Sp. Pl. 581 (1753)

( S. italica Miller ).

Stems 20-80 cm, tomentose to lanate. Leaves 30-100 x 10-30 mm, oblong-ovate to ovate, cuneate at base, rarely the basal truncate or subcordate, tomentose and grey-green above, densely tomentose or lanate, grey or white beneath. Calyx 6-12 mm; teeth usually eglandular, slightly unequal, c. i as long as tube. Corolla 15-20 mm. 5. Europe from S. France eastwards. Al Bu Cr Ga G r It Ju Rs (K) Si Tu. 1 Calyx-teeth with arista 1-2 mm (c) subsp. bulgarica

1 Calyx-teeth with arista not more than 1 mm

2 Lowest leaves at least 3 times as long as wide, cuneate at base (a) subsp. eretica

2 Lowest leaves usually less than 3 times as long as wide, often rounded or subcordate at base (b) subsp. salviifolia