Nepeta parnassica, Heldr. & Sart.

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

7. N. parnassica Heldr. & Sart. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3(4): 22 (1859)

(inch N. orphanidea Boiss. ).

Stems tomentose to lanate, the hairs patent, often viscid. Inflorescence spike-like, the lower verticillasters distant. Bracteoles 5-10 x 0-5-1-5 mm, lanceolate, with distinct scarious margins. Calyx-teeth about as long as the tube. • S. Albania, Greece. Al Gr. N. sphaciotica P. H. Davis , Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 21: 136 (1953) is like 7 but differs in its dwarf habit (possibly environmentally determined) with stems 12-18 cm, very short spike, and broader, greener leaves with fewer, coarser crenations. It occurs in a single locality in W. Kriti (Levka Ori) and may be a subspecies of 7.