Key Identification Features
- The corolla is blackish-violet, up to 8 mm long, and forms an indistinct two-lipped shape.
- Its woolly white basal leaves, which feature long spines, resemble the leaves of a thistle.
- Like many species in the mint family, it has distinctly pronounced square stems, and the entire plant is covered in wavy glandular hairs.
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