Lamiaceae

L. amplexicaule L., Sp. PL 579 (1753). Syn: L. palmatum Sm. in Rees, Cyclop. 20: no. 18 (1811-12); L. amplexicaule L. var. incisum Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:761 (1879)! L. amplexicaule L. var. (?) nemetzii Aznav. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 147 (1899)! L. adoxifolium Hand.-Mazz. in Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien 27:413 (1913)! Ic: Hegi, 111. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 5(4): t. 228 f. 1, f. 3314-3315 (1927); Jâv. & Csap., Ic. Fl. Hung. 426 (1932).
Annual. Stems 1-45 cm, pubescent to subglabrous. Leaves ovate-reniform to suborbicular, (2.5-)7-25(-30) x (2.6-)7-25(-30) mm, cordate to obtuse, crenate, doubly crenate or palmately lobed. Bracts suborbicular to broadly triangular, amplexicaul, lower (6-)7-25(-30) x (6-) 10-31(-35) mm. Verticil-lasters l-5(-7), 4-10-flowered. Calyx 4-8.5 mm, tubular, teeth 1.5-4(-4.5) mm, equalling or slightly longer than tube. Corolla purplish, with purple spots on lower lip, 13-28 mm; tube whitish, 10-25 mm, straight, without annulus; upper lip 2-6 mm. Nutlets (1.5-)1.9-2.5(-3.0) x (0.7-)0.9-1.5 mm, smooth, dark brown, with or without whitish spots. Sometimes cleistogamous. Fl. 2-11. Hillsides, open steppe, cultivated land, roadsides, waste places, 3-2270 m.
Described from Europe (Hb. Linn. 733/12, photo!).
Widespread. A1(E) Edirne: 5-10 km W. of Edirne, 100 m,D. 41888! A1(A) Çanakkale: Thymbra, Sint. 1883:107(var.incisum)\ A2(E)Istanbul: Kutchuk Tchekmedje (Küçükçekmece), iv 1897, Nemetz (var. nemetzii — Hb. Azn.)! A2(A) Istanbul. Heybeli Ada (Halki), 30 m, D. 26224! A5 Çorum: 16 km.W. of Çorum, 950 m, Tobey 2461b! A6 Samsun: landspit between Balik G. and Black Sea, 3 m, Tobey 454! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, 1400 m, Stainton 8226! A8 Erzurum: 63 km from Ilica to Erzurum 2270 m, Buttler 16176! A9 Kars: Gölebert nr Ardahan, 1800 m, D. 30423! Bl Izmir: Torbali, 40 m, D.40709! B2 Izmir: Bozdag, Fitz & Spitz. 1969:550! B3 Konya: above Akşehir, on Sultan Da., 1300 m, Bornm. 1899:5445. B4 Ankara: Tuz G., 10 km S. of Şereflikoçhisar, 950 m, Coode & Jones 161! B5 Nevşehir: Nar, 2 km N. of Nevşehir, 1250 m, Roper 50! B6 Maraş: Mehmet Bey 10 km N. of Göksun, 1300 m, D. 27592! B7 Erzincan: Euphrates (Firat), nr Sürek, Sint. 1889:133! B9 Van: 5 km W. of Gürpinar, S.E. of Van G., 1750 m, Mathew '& Tomlinson 4236! B10 Kars: Ağri Da. below Serdar Bulak, 1500 m, D. 43702! C1 Aydin: Sultanhisar, between Aydin and Nazilli, 30 m, D. 26502! C2 Muğla: Çiçekli nr Ula, 300 m, D. 25551! C3 Isparta: 40 km N. of Burdur, Spitz. 1972:3a! C4 Içel: d. Mut, Magras Da., 1300 m, Coode & Jones 810! C5 Içel: d. Mersin, Kanlidivane, T. Uslu 575! C6 Hatay: nr Hamam, 457 m, Haradj. 2576 (as var. incisum)! C8 Mardin: Mardin, 1100 m, D. 28398! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova, 1950 m, 23 v 1966, Eiselt! Is: Lesvos, Agrilia, 3 km E. of airport, Stamatiadou 4647! Ikaria, Ag. Kyrikos, 10 m, D. 40653! Samos, mt. Prof. Elias nr Vathy, c. 500 m, Rech. 3574! Kos, 5 m, Podlech 26418! Kalimnos, Fors.-Maj. 717; Rodhos, mt. Prof. Elias above Salakos, 250-350 m, D. 40360!
Throughout Temperate Eurasia. Euro-Sib, element. Very variable. Forms with deeply palmatifid leaves have been named L. adoxifolium Hand.-Mazz., L. amplexicaule L. var. incisum Boiss., and L. palmatum Sm. Var. nemetzii Aznav. is a dwarf variant with villous calyces but seems unworthy of formal taxonomicrecognition.Cleistogamous specimens often occur and have been referred to as var. clandestinum Reichb.