Salvia scabiosifolia, Lam.

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 : 190

11. S. scabiosifolia Lam. , Jour. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 2: 44 (1792)

(incl. S. adenostachya Juz. , 5. demetrii Juz.).

Herb 20-50 cm, woody at base. Stems much-branched, ascending, patent-villous, eglandular. Leaves pinnate or pinnatisect, petiolate, with many pairs of linear or oblong lateral segments and a larger terminal segment. Verticillasters with 6-10 flowers. Calyx 10-15 mm, accrescent. Corolla 25-30 mm, violet-blue or violet. • Krym; one station in N. Bulgaria. Bu Rs (K). S. bracteata Banks & Solander in A. Russell, Nat. Hist. Aleppo ed. 2, 2: 242 (1794), which is widespread in Anatolia, has been recorded once in Turkey-in-Europe from a newly made road. It is probably only a casual introduction.