Nepeta granatensis, Boiss.

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 : 159

5. N. granatensis Boiss. , Elenchus 16 (1838).

Stems 80- 160 cm, erect, viscid-villous. Leaves 4-8(-10) cm, ovate-cordate, acute, coarsely serrate or crenate, viscid-pubescent, the upper sessile. Inflorescence spike-like, rarely branched; verticillasters mostly distant. Bracts 12-18x3-4 mm, reddish-purple at the apex, lanceolate, acuminate; bracteoles 9-12 x 1-5-3 mm, linearlanceolate. Calyx 10-13 mm, slightly curved; teeth 4-5 mm, the upper not exceeding the lower. Corolla 16-17 mm, white, distinctly exserted. S. Spain. Hs. (6-11). N. sibthorpii group. Stems 30-70 cm, erect or decumbent and ascending, branched. Leaves 0-5-3(-4) cm, ovate to oblong, cordate at base, rugose, grey-green, all shortly petiolate. Bracts and bracteoles rarely exceeding the calyx, green, with more or less scarious margins. Calyx 5-8 mm, tubular-campanulate, straight; upper teeth not exceeding the lower. Corolla 9-13 mm, white, slightly exserted. A group of closely related species, taxonomically difficult and much in need of revision, occurring in the southern part of the Balkan peninsula and in Anatolia. 1 Outermost bracteoles at least 1 mm wide, with distinctly scarious margins

2 Indumentum of the stem appressed, at least above 6. sibthorpii

2 Indumentum of the stem patent 7. pamassica

1 Outermost bracteoles less than 1 mm wide, with very narrow scarious margins

3 All verticillasters distant

4 Indumentum of the stem and leaves patent, viscid 10. camphorata

4 Indumentum of the stem and leaves appressed, not viscid 11. heldreichii

3 At least the upper verticillasters crowded

5 Indumentum of the stem tomentose to lanate, patent; calyxteeth c. £ as long as tube 9. dirphya

5 Indumentum of the stem velutinous, appressed; calyx-teeth about as long as tube 8. spruneri