Stachys germanica, 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

8. S. germanica L. , Sp. Pl. 581 (1753).

Stems 30-100(-120) cm, tomentose or lanate-tomentose, eglandular. Leaves 30-120 x 10-50 mm, oblong to oblong-ovate, cordate, grey-tomentose beneath, green above. Calyx 6-12 mm, eglandular; teeth unequal, the upper 2 as long as tube. Corolla 15-20 mm. 2/z= 30. W., C. & S. Europe northwards to S. England, and extending eastwards to c. 38° E. in S.C. Russia. Al Au Be BI Br Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K) Sa Si Tu. 1 Lowest bracts triangular-ovate, cordate, widest at the base (c) subsp. lusitanica

1 Lowest bracts cuneate at base, not cordate, widest above the base

2 Calyx-teeth c. J as long as tube (a) subsp. germanica

2 Calyx-teeth c. J as long as tube (b) subsp. heldreichii