Teucrium orientale
Teucrium orientale
Kirveotu
Herbaceous perennial. Stems erect from a woody stock, 20-50 cm, glabrous, puberulent or villous, hairs unicellular or multicellular. Leaves subsessile, ternately 2-3-pinnatisect into greenish linear lobes with revolute margins, glabrous or hairy. Inflorescence a thyrsoid panicle. Floral leaves dis-sected,shorter than the 1-3-flowered peduncles, pedicels longer than calyx. Calyx 4-6 mm, campanulate, teeth triangular-lanceolate, 1/3-2/3 as long as tube, straight-tipped. Corolla lilac-blue, usually 3 x calyx, occasionally glabrous; stamens about as long as lip. Fl. 6-9.
A very variable species, divided here into 3 varieties according to indumentum. For this reason only specimens seen are cited.
1. Plant glabrous or subglabrous ..var. glabrescens
1. Plant conspicuously hairy
2. Stem puberulent, hairs sometimes increasing in length in inflorescence .....var. puberulens
2. Main stem shaggy with long multicellular and short unicellular hairs ......var. orientale
