Ajuga orientalis, 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 : 128

1. A. orientalis L. , Sp. Pl. 561 (1753).

Rhizomatous perennial; stems 10-60 cm, sparsely to densely lanate-villous. Lower leaves 30-90(-120)x 15-40(-50) mm, ovate to oblong, sinuatecrenate or crenate-dentate, sometimes shallowly lobed. Bracts ovate, usually shallowly lobed, tinged with blue, the upper shorter than the flowers. Verticillasters distant, usually 4- to 6-flowered. Calyx 5-8 mm, the teeth about as long as the tube. Corolla 12—16(—18) mm, violet-blue; tube exceeding the calyx; upper lip conspicuously 2-lobed. Stamens included in the corolla-tube. 2« = 32. S. Europe, from Sicilia to Krym. Al G r It Rs (W, K) Si.