Teucrium botrys, 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 : 132

18. T. botrys L. , Sp. Pl. 562 (1753).

Villous annual up to 30 cm. Stems usually branched. Leaves petiolate, 1- to 2-pinnatisect; lobes oblong, usually entire. Inflorescence lax, usually occupying more than half the stem. Calyx villous and glandular, strongly gibbous, reticulate-veined; teeth c. | as long as tube, triangular, acuminate. Corolla 15-20 mm, purplish-pink, villous; tube included in the calyx. 2n = 32. Dry, stony places; somewhat calcicole. S., W. & C. Europe, northwards to S. England and S. Poland and eastwards to Romania. Au Be BI Br?Bu Cz Ga GeHeHoHsHuItJuPoRm?Rs (W). Sect, chamaedrys (Miller) Schreber. Dwarf shrubs. Inflorescence more or less secund, usually rather lax. Calyx tubularcampanulate, curved, oblique at base; teeth usually subequal.