- بنية النبات
- Life-form & habit : Suffrutescent at the base, with numerous ascending stems, bare below, branching above, 20–60 cm tall, hispid with spreading hairs. Leaves : Hispid with spreading hairs, upper surface green to greyish, underside canescent, crenate, cordate-ovate to orbicular, variably petiolate. Inflorescence & flowers : Pseudoverticils slightly loose, subpedunculate, with 8–10 flowers. Bracts subulate, one-third the length of the calyx. Calyx : Hispid with spreading hairs, tube strongly ribbed and striated; limb short with unequal teeth, often remaining erect. Corolla : Pale pink, tube subexserted; upper lip hirsute, bifid. Phenology : Flowers from May to September. Habitat & elevation : Rocky slopes. Lebanese distribution : Ct. Nahr Saïnik, Saïda, Nahr Aouali, above Saïda, above Beirut, Antélias, Nahr el-Kelb, Jbaïl, Ras Chekka, Chekka, Qalmoun, Tripoli, Kefr Kahal, Marassia; Mi. Between Besri and ‘Amatour, Jabal Terbol, Temple of Bziza, Douma, Ghazir, Harissa; Mm. Hasroun, Jabal Barouk; Sud. Jisr el-Khardali; Met. Machghara, Zahlé, ‘Amiq; Herm. Hasbaya, Rachaya, Hermon. Regional range : Iraq, southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine