Odontites lutea, (L.) Clairv.

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 : 267

8. O. lutea (L.) Clairv. , Man. Herb. Suisse 207 (1811)

(Orthantha lutea (L.) A. Kerner ex Wettst. ).

Appressed- or crispatepubescent annual. Stem 10-40 cm, erect; branches ascending, numerous. Leaves 5-25 x 1-2 mm, linear, obtuse, entire or remotely and shortly toothed. Inflorescences 3—8(—12) cm, rather lax; bracts 6-8 mm, linear-lanceolate; pedicels c. 1 mm. Calyx 3-4 mm; teeth deflate to triangular, subacute. Corolla 5-8 mm, bright yellow, more or less pubescent; lower lip deflexed. Anthers glabrous, conspicuously exserted. Capsule 3-4 mm, elliptical, pubescent. 2« = 20. Dry grassland and scrub. S. & C. Europe, extending to N.C. France and to S.C. Russia.?A1 Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si.