Marrubium incanum, Desr.

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 : 137

3. M. incanum Desr. in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 3: 716 (1792)

( M. candidissimum auct., non L.).

Stems up to 50 cm, densely white-tomentose, usually with many short, erect, vegetative branches. Leaves of the main stems oblong-ovate, cuneate at base, crenate-dentate, densely tomentose, grey-green above, whitish beneath; petiole shorter than lamina. Verticillasters many-flowered, globose. Bracteoles subulate, the longest almost equalling the calyx. Calyx-tube 6-5-7 mm, 10-ribbed, stellatetomentose; teeth 5, 3-4 mm, shorter than corolla, equal, becoming patent, subulate, sparsely stellate-pubescent. Corolla white, pubescent outside; tube narrowing gradually to base; upper lip ovate, divided to | into 2 lanceolate or narrowly triangular lobes; lower lip with lateral lobes almost equalling the middle. Rocky places. Italy and Sicilia; W. part o f Balkan peninsula. Al?Hs It Ju Si.