Stachys officinalis
Stachys officinalis
Ssp haussknechtii: Göktokalı çay; Ssp officinalis: Tokalı çay
Flowering stems 15-100 cm, subglabrous to densely hirsute. Basal leaves ovate-oblong to oblong, 3-12 x 1.5-5 cm, coarsely crenate or crenate-dentate, obtuse, cordate, petiole 2.5-9.5 cm. Cauline leaves similar but smaller and more shortly petioled. Floral leaves subsessile to sessile, similar to cauline but smaller; lower pair larger than, remainder equal to verticillasters. Verticillasters in a dense spike, sometimes lower 1-2 remote and 1.5-5 cm apart, 15-20 flowered. Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 5-10 mm, herbaceous or hardened, margin ± scarious, tip spinescent. Calyx 5-9 mm, subglabrous; teeth triangular-subulate, 1/4-1/3 x tube, apex spinescent. Corolla white to reddish-purple, 12-18 mm. Nutlets 2.5 x 0.7 mm. Fl. 6-9. Damp meadows, marshy lake sides, rocky slopes in forest clearings, 800-1400 m.
1. Corolla bright reddish-purple; calyx teeth 1/3-3/4 x tube ......subsp.officinalis
1. Corolla white; calyx teeth 1/3 x to as long as tube ................subsp. balcanica
