Ballota rupestris, (Biv.) Vis.

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 : 150

5. B. rupestris (Biv.) Vis. , Fl. Dalm. 2: 216 (1847)

( B. acuta Briq. ).

Perennial up to 70 cm, woody at base. Stems pubescent with glandular and eglandular simple and medifixed hairs. Lower and middle cauline leaves 4-6 x 4-5 cm, cordate at base, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, and coarsely and irregularly crenate-dentate; petioles 10-25 mm. Bracteoles 5-8 mm, linear-subulate, membranous. Verticillasters many-flowered. Calyx 8-10 mm, subcylindrical; limb c. 6 mm in diameter, irregularly dentate; lobes 6-10, c. 2 mm, patent, triangular-lanceolate, awned; awn c. 1 mm. Corolla 12-14 mm, purple and white. Rocky places. C. & S. Italy, Sicilia; W. Jugoslavia, N. Albania. Al It Ju Si.