Stachys cretica
Stachys cretica
Ssp anatolica: Yağlıkara; Ssp bulgarica: Kızıl deliçay; Ssp cassia: Kel deliçay; Ssp cretica: Deliçay; Ssp garana: Kabaçay; Ssp kutahyensis: Yeni deliçay; Ssp lesbiaca: Şabıla; Ssp mersinaea: Boncuk şalba; Ssp salviifolia: Ada deliçayı; Ssp smyrnaea: İzmir deliçayı; Ssp trapezuntica: Laz deliçayı; Ssp vacillans: Dik deliçay
Perennial with basal sterile rosettes. Flowering stems c. 25-100 cm, erect, branched or unbranched, usually densely or sparsely adpressed greyish-tomentose, rarely patent-pilose; glandular hairs less frequent than eglandular hairs. Basal leaves oblong-spathulate, 4-10 x 1-3.5 cm, obscurely crenulate to faintly crenate, apex obtuse sometimes acute, attenuate or rarely rounded to subcordate at base, petiole 2-8 cm. Cauline leaves similar to basal but gradually becoming smaller above, shortly petiolate to subsessile or sessile. Floral leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1-6 x 0.5-1.2 cm, as long as or longer than verticillasters. Verticillasters usually remote throughout, rarely approximate above, 10-16-flowered. Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5-16 mm, herbaceous, not spinescent, Pedicels 1-2.5 mm. Calyx sub-bilabiate, subcampanulate to tubular, 12-16 mm, densely tomentose, teeth subequal, ovate to lanceolate, 1/3-1 x tube; mucro 1-3 mm. Corolla rose-pink, 18-20 mm, tube subexserted. Nutlets obovoid, 2 x 1.5 mm, smooth.
1. Verticillasters mostly approximate; at least some basal leaves truncate to sub cordate at base
2. Calyx teeth as long as or slightly less than calyx tube, mucro 2-3 mm; lower cauline leaves 2-3 x longer than broad .... a. subsp. cassia
2. Calyx teeth 1/2 x tube, mucro 1-1.5 mm ; lower cauline leaves 3.5-5 x longer than broad e. subsp. bulgarica
1. Verticillasters remote throughout, rarely 2-3 approximate above; basal leaves usually cuneate to attenuate, rarely few rounded at base
3. Calyx teeth ovate; median cauline leaves broadly oblong-lanceolate
4. Stem sparsely villous-tomentose ; calyx teeth with glandular hairs.g. subsp. smyrnaea
4. Stem adpressed white-tomentose; calyx teeth usually eglandular ..........d. subsp. trapezuntica
3. Calyx teeth triangular-lanceolate to shortly triangular; median cauline leaves narrowly lanceolate, sometimes broader
5. Inflorescence usually paniculately branched; flowering stem broad and elongate
6. Calyx teeth usually erect or slightly recurved in fruit; mucro c. 2 mm; indumentum densely adpressed on calyx tube in fruit .............h. subsp. mersinaea
6. Calyx teeth widely recurved in fruit; mucro 1 mm; indumentum of calyx tube sparsely villous-tomentose, sometimes glabrescent in fruit b. subsp. garana
5. Inflorescence usually erect and unbranched; flowering stem slender and short
7. Verticillasters 4-10 cm distant throughout; stem and leaf indumentum loosely adpressed-villous, evanescent above ...f. subsp, vacillans
7. Verticillasters 2-4 cm distant throughout; stem and leaf indumentum shortly adpressed-tomentose
8. Calyx tube hidden under dense indumentum; glandular hairs absent from calyx teeth .i. subsp. anatolica
8. Calyx tube not hidden under dense indumentum; glandular hairs or substipitate glands present on calyx teeth ...............c. subsp.lesbiaca
