Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium chamaedrys
Ssp chamaedrys: Kısamahmut; Ssp lydium: Bodurmahmut; Ssp sinuatum: Sancıotu;
Ssp syspirense: Sıçakotu; Ssp tauricola: Çobansargısı; Ssp Trapezunticum: Dalakotu
Suffrutescent perennial herb, often rhizomatous, 5-50 cm, with very variable indumentum. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, cuneate at base, usually crenate-dentate or shortly lobulate, lobes entire or toothed. Verticillasters 4-8-flowered, in dense or ± lax terminal racemes, floral leaves usually distinct from cauline leaves, entire or toothed; pedicels equalling or usually shorter than calyx. Calyx tubular-campanulate, subgibbous at base, teeth Ianceolate-triangular, ± subulate-tipped, margins usually densely short-haired and sparsely long-hairy, or only long-hairy, or glabrous, usually purplish. Corolla reddish-purple, 2 x calyx. Stamens at least as long as upper lateral lobes.
1. Bracts all overtopping calyces
2. Leaves subglabrous or shortly hispid beneath ......subsp.lydium
2. Plant bearing long eglandular or glandular hairs
3. Calyx teeth glabrous or sparsely long-haired ....subsp. trapezunticum
3. Calyx teeth densely covered with short and long hairs ........subsp, chamaedrys
1. Bracts mostly shorter than calyces
4. Plant shortly retrorse- and crispate-hairy; stem hairs diminishing in length downwards ...subsp. sinuatum
4. Indumentum not as above
5. Upper bracts entire, all ciliate-margined; stem hairs not diminishing in length upwards ;leaves ± discolorous ...subsp, syspirense
5. Bracts all dentate, not usually ciliate-margined; stern hairs diminishing in length upwards ;leaves concolorous ...subsp, tauricolum
