P. pungens Willd., Sp.Pl. 3:121 (1800). Syn: P. herba-venti L. var. pungens (Willd.) Schmalh., Fl. Sred. Juzh. Ross. 2:343 (1897); P. herba-venti L. subsp. pungens (Willd.) Maire ex De Filipps in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64:233 (1971).
Herb to 70 cm, stellate-tomentose with hairs to 0.1 mm, with or without a secondary indumentum of undivided, articulate 1-3 mm hairs, eglandular, rarely glabrescent. Cauline leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, cuneate at base, denticulate or serrate, rarely entire, 5-13 x 1-6 cm, petiole to 10 cm. Floral leaves sessile to shortly petiolate, lanceolate or oblong, acute or acuminate. Verticülasters 2-7, 2-6(-15)-flowered. Bracteoles subulate, 11-17 mm, adpressed stellate-tomentose, with or without undivided hispid hairs. Calyx 8-15 mm, adpressed stellate-tomentose, with or without undivided hispid hairs, teeth subulate, 2-7 mm. Corolla purple or pink, 15-20(-25) mm, upper lip gal-eate. Nutlets glabrous. Fl. 6-8. Steppe, pastures, fallow fields, roadsides, dry stony slopes, Pinus forest, 250-2400 m.
 1. Stellate hairs to 0.1 mm; longer undivided hairs absent or scattered
  2. Calyx teeth 1/2 as long as tube or longer var. pungens
  2. Calyx teeth 1/3-1/5 as long as tube var. laxiflora
 1. Stellate hairs to 0.1 mm; undivided, articulate hairs present, 1-3 mm
   3. Bracteoles and calyx with ± numerous undivided hairs to 2 mm var. hirta
   3. Bracteoles and calyx with very dense indumentum of undivided hairs to 3 mm
    4. Leaves subglabrous above; stem with sparse undivided hairs var. seticalycina
    4. Leaves stellate-tomentose above; stem with dense indumentum of undivided hairs, especially near nodes var. hispida
var. seticalycina (Nab.) Hub.-Mor. in Bauhinia 1 (2): 119 (1958). Syn: P. seti-calycina Nâb. in Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk Brno 70:69, t. 21 f. 2 (1926). Figure 5. Map 16.
Type: [Turkey C9 Hakkari] in valle torrentis Kamarakab inter pagos Hoz et Sattak (Çatak) in dumosis subhumidis, 1900 m, 31 vii 1910, Nâbelek 1599 (holo. BRA).
S.E. Anatolia. BIO Van: Başkale, 2400 m, D. 23340! C1O Hakkari: Bacirge, 1700-1800 m, D. 45263!