Phlomis pratensis Karelin & Kamelin
Bul. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 15:426 (1842)
Synonym:
Phlomoides pratensis Karelin & Kamelin Adylov, Kamelin, Makhmedov

Distribution in the wild:
China, Former USSR (Central Asia). Mountains, in the woodland and scrub zone.

Flowering in the wild: July-August
pratensis means of the meadows.

Herbaceous perennial to 75 cm. Basal and lower stem leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, cordate at base, obtusely toothed, 10-17 × 3.5-15 cm; petioles 3-22 cm. Upper stem leaves similar, smaller; petiole 1-3 cm. Upper floral leaves ovate-oblong, with rounded or acute teeth; sessile. Upper side of leaves simple and stellate hairs, lower side with long multi-articulate hairs on ribs and scattered stellate between. Floral leaves ovate-oblong, sessile, dentate to subentire at margin. Several whorls per stem (candelabra branched), many flowered; whorls on short or elongated peduncles. Bracteoles connate, thickish, linear-subulate, 8-15 mm covered with stellate and fascicled hairs. Calyx tubular 10-15 mm, thick veined with simple and monoradial hairs; teeth notched, with point 1.5-2 mm from notch. Corolla purple to pink, 15-30 mm. Nutlets hairless.

P. pratensis Karelin & Kamelin f. glabra Knorring
A form where the leaves are hairless beneath except for simple hairs on the veins.