Scutellaria albida, L.

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 : 136

6. S. albida L. , Mantissa Alt. 248 (1771)

(incl. S'. pallida Bieb. , S. woronowii Juz.).

Stems 15-30(-40) cm, more or less erect, usually branched, with short appressed eglandular hairs. Leaves 2-3 cm, triangular to deflate, crenate, more or less obtuse, pubescent to velutinous. Internodes of inflorescence c. 10 mm. Bracts 10-12 mm, shorter than flowers, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire, green. Corolla (10—) 12—16 mm, white. Rocky places. S.E. Europe. Bu Gr It Ju Rm Rs (K) Tu [Ga].

S. vacillans Rech. fil. , Bot. Arch. (Berlin) 43: 12 (1941), from Greece and the Aegean region, is like 6 but has the corolla often violet or bluish, and may be related to 5. Further investigation is required.