Lippia nodiflora, (L.) Michx

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 : 123

1. L. nodiflora (L.) Michx , FI. Bor. Amer. 2: 15 (1803).

Perennial herb with procumbent, non-flowering stems rooting at the nodes, and ascending flowering stems 15-30 cm. Leaves 1-2-5 cm, obovate to oblanceolate, with a long-cuneate base, remotely serrate in the distal half. Flowers in short, stout axillary spikes 5-7 mm in diameter; peduncles much exceeding the subtending leaves. Calyx lobed almost to the base. Corolla 2 mm wide, sparsely pubescent without, white; lobes subequal. Wet, grassy places, usually near the sea. Mediterranean region. Al BI Co Cr Hs It?Sa Si Tu.