Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae Author Tutin, T. G. Author Heywood, V. H. Author Burges, N. A. Author Moore, D. M. Author Valentine, D. H. Author Walters, S. M. Author Webb, D. A. text 1972 Cambridge University Press Cambridge book 10.5281/zenodo.305475 305475 (d) Subsp. orchidea (Crantz) Hayek in Hegi, III. Fl. Mitteleur. 6(1): 46 (1913) ( V. orchidea Crantz , Pseudolysimachium spicatum subsp. orchideum (Crantz) Hartl ): Stem subglabrous below, more or less glandular-hirsute above. Leaves thick and rather shiny, subglabrous or sparsely hairy, the lower ovate to ovate-lanceolate, with petiole c. 1 mm. Calyx glandular-hairy; corolla pale blue, with lower lobes linear, twisted. 2« = 34. S.E. Europe, extending westwards to N. Italy and C. Czechoslovakia.