Stachys recta

Subsp. subcrenata: Kara kurbağaotu

Suffrutescent perennial. Stem procumbent, branched, 10-60 cm, sparsely and antrorsely adpressed-pubescent. Lower and median cauline leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate, 1-5 x 0.1-0.5 cm, faintly serrate to subentire, apex acute, spinescent, attenuate to cuneate at base. Floral leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.3-1.6 x 0.15-0.5 cm, entire, apex spinescent. Verticillasters remote, 2-5 cm distant, few ± approximate above. Bracteoles few, setaceous, 1-1.5 mm. Pedicels c. 1-1.2 mm. Calyx subbilabiate, campanulate, 7-9 mm; teeth triangular-lanceolate, slightly shorter than tube; mucro 1-1.5 mm. Corolla creamy-yellow, 12-14 mm, tube exserted. Stamens exserted more than 1/2-way along upper corolla lip. Nutlets obovoid, trigonous, 2.2 x 1.8 mm. Fl. 5-8. Maritime sands and dunes, nr s.l.

S.E. Europe, S. Russia . E. Medit. element.