Stachys bombycina
Stachys bombycina
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Suffrutescent perennial, 30-50 cm, densely floccose to woolly-tomentose, Lower cauline leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2 x 1-1.3 em, densely floccose on both surfaces, margin crenate-dentate, base rounded to subcordate, petiole 1-2.5 cm. Upper cauline and floral leaves oblong-lanceolate, 0.5-1.5 x 0.4-0.8 cm, shortly petioled or ± sessile. Verticillasters usually 1-2, remote, 8-12-flowered. Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 7-7.5 mm, densely tomentose, tip ± blunt to shortly spinescent. Calyx sub-bilabiate, subcampanulate, 8-11 mm; teeth subequal, lanceolate-subulate, as long as or shorter than tube, tip softly spinescent. Corolla purple to pale lilac, throat paler with dark blotches, 9-13 mm, tube subexserted, Nutlets obovoid, 2-2.5 mm. Fl. 5-6. Limestone rocks nr seashore and in Pinus brutia woods, 10-250m.
Endemic. E. Medit. element.
