Stachys simplex Schltr.

Perennial, usually single-stemmed herb; stems simple or sparingly branched, densely villous, decumbent to semi-prostrate with the inflorescence ascending to 0.2-0.4 m tall. Leaves in few pairs, rather close together on the lower half of the stem, the lower petiolate, the upper subsessile to shortly petiolate; blade rather thick-textured, drying brownish, ovate, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 30-55 x 12-25 mm, upper surface fairly densely appressed villous with long often bulbous-based hairs, hairs shorter and mainly on the nerves beneath, apex obtuse to rounded, base rounded, margin regularly serrate-crenate. Inflorescence simple, lax below, dense above, verticils 4-6-flowered; bracts much smaller than the leaves, lanceolate, about as long as the calyx. Calyx densely villous, 6-7 mm long. Corolla white to mauve; tube 5-6 mm long; upper lip ascending, 2.5 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 4-5 mm long.