Dracocephalum austriacum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 161

4. D. austriacum L. , Sp. Pl. 595 (1753).

Perennial herb or dwarf shrub; stems up to 60 cm, erect or ascending, densely leafy, velutinous. Cauline leaves 3- to 5(-7)-pinnatipartite, the segments 20-30 x 1-2-5 mm, linear to linear-lanceolate, entire, more or less velutinous, the margins revolute. Verticillasters 2- to 4(-6)-flowered, forming a more or less dense, ovoid to oblong spike. Bracts 3-fid, aristate. Corolla 35-50 mm, blue-violet. 2« =14. S.C. Europe, extending westwards to S.E. France and eastwards to W.C. Ukraine. Au Cz Ga He Hu It Rm Rs (C, W).