Salvia ringens, Sibth. & Sm.

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 : 190

9. S. ringens Sibth. & Sm. , Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 14 (1806).

Herb up to 60 cm, woody at base. Stems erect, scarcely branched, more or less leafless above. Leaves pinnatisect or pinnate with 3-6 pairs of small lateral segments and an ovate or elliptical terminal segment, petiolate, rugose, appressed-hairy. Verticillasters with 2-4 flowers, the cymes not or scarcely pedunculate. Calyx 10-17 mm, densely glandular-pubescent. Corolla up to 40 mm, violet-blue or blue. Dry places. S. & E. parts o f Balkan peninsula, just extending to S.E. Romania. Al Bu G r Ju Rm.