Salvia verbenaca, 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 : 192

29. S. verbenaca L. , Sp. PI. 25 (1753)

( S. clandestina L. , S. horminoides Pourret , S. controversa sensu Willk. , non Ten.).

Stems 10-80 cm, erect, simple or branched, eglandular-pubescent below, and more or less glandular above. Leaves more or less pinnatifid with wide lobes, oblong to ovate. Inflorescence dense or lax; verticillasters with 6-10 flowers. Bracts shorter than calyx, green; pedicels 2-3 mm. Flowers hermaphrodite or female, sometimes cleistogamous. Calyx 6-8 mm, glandular or eglandular, enlarging slightly in fruit. Corolla 6—10(—15) mm, blue, lilac or violet. 2« = 42, 59, 60, 64. S. & W. Europe, north­ wardsto Scotland. Al BI Br Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hb Hs It Ju Lu Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.

A polymorphic species with numerous local variants.