Nepeta italica, 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 : 159

12. N. italica L. , Sp. Pl. 571 (1753).

Stems grey-pubescent to villous. Leaves 0-5-3(-4) cm, ovate to oblong, cordate at base, shortly petiolate. Inflorescence spike-like, the lower verticillasters distant. Bracts and bracteoles 8—10(—12) x 0-5-1-5 mm, linear to linear-lanceolate, with narrow scarious margins, rigid, equalling or exceeding the calyx. Calyx 7-8 mm, slightly curved; teeth 3-3-5 mm, the upper slightly exceeding the lower. Corolla 11-13 mm, creamy white, exserted. E.C. Italy; Turkey-in-Europe. It Tu. (S.W.A sia.) Sect, nepeta . Most leaves petiolate. Inflorescence spike-like or branched, sometimes leafy below; verticillasters many-flowered. Bracteoles subulate, not rigid, usually much shorter than the calyx. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx usually cylindrical or ovoid, often curved; upper teeth usually exceeding the lower. Corollatube curved, dilated at the throat. Nutlets smooth or tuberculate.