Ballota nigra subsp. meridionalis (Bég.) Bég., 1909

Common names

🇫🇷 Ballote fétide, Ballote du Midi, Ballote méridionale

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamioideae
Subfamily: Ajugoideae
Tribe: Marrubieae
Genus: Ballota
Species: Ballota nigra subsp. meridionalis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Subspecies whose calyx teeth are gradually tapered into a short ridge (≤ 1 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

B. nigra subsp. anatolica P.H.Davis, 1952;
B. nigra subsp. anomala Greuter, 2012;
B. nigra subsp. kurdica P.H.Davis, 1952;
B. nigra subsp. meridionalis (Bég.) Bég., 1909, P (het. syn. B. nigra subsp. foetida (Vis.) Hayek, 1929);
B. nigra subsp. nigra L., 1753, M;
B. nigra subsp. ruderalis (Sw.) Briq., 1893, D;
B. nigra subsp. sericea (Vandas) Patzak, 1958;
B. nigra subsp. velutina (Posp.) Patzak, 1958.

Photographs

img/ballota-nigra-meridionalis.webp — Ballota nigra subsp. meridionalis

img/ballota-nigra-meridionalis-2.webp — Ballota nigra subsp. meridionalis

img/ballota-nigra-meridionalis-3.webp — Ballota nigra subsp. meridionalis

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 794). Biotope.