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Stachys bithynica (Stachys bithynica)

Description

High of 40 to 80 cm , it is a perennial or biennial plant, densely hairy, silky-whitish, with woolly stems, erect; Its leaves are white-greenish, wrinkled, with veins in network, regularly crenate, the lower ovate-oblong, superior lanceolate. The plant is odorless (or almost) crumpled. The flowers are pink, arranged in whorls close together, the lower ones alone are spread (photo); The calyx is very woolly, with unequal, triangular teeth, three times shorter than the tube; corolla has a tube of the same length as the calyx, the woolly upper lip of the corolla emerges 1 . Flowering from June to September depending on the region.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Lamiaceae

              • Genus: Stachys