Morina L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 56

1. Morina L. 2

Perennial herbs. Leaves verticillate, spinose. Inflorescence a spike of many-flowered, bracteate verticillasters. Involucre long, infundibuliform, spiny. Calyx deeply 2-lobed. Corolla with curved tube, distinctly 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 2. Fruit with an oblique apex, rugose.