Stachys, (L.) Bentham

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 : 152

Sect. Betonica (L.) Bentham . Perennial stock with persistent terminal rosettes of leaves; flowering stems lateral, usually subscapose. Verticillasters many-flowered; bracteoles as long as or longer than calyx-tube.