Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Lamium// Species: Lamium bifidum Cyrillo// Subspecies: two subspecies occur: Lamium bifidum Cirillo subsp. bifidum; Lamium bifidum subsp. balcanicum Velen.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).
Habitat: Found in open habitats, clearings and edges of forests.
Distribution: Lamium bifidum Cirillo is native to the southern part of Europe, from Portugal to the Balkan Peninsula, Romania and Crete; Lamium bifidum Cirillo subsp. bifidum occurs in Portugal, France- Corse, Italy including Sardinia, Balkan Peninsula to Romania and southward to Crete; Lamium bifidum subsp. balcanicum Velen. is native to the Balkan Peninsula and Romania according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010).
Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Spring :APR, MAY.
Lamium bifidum Cirillo subsp. bifidum
Lamium bifidum subsp. balcanicum Velen.
References:
Lamium bifidum subsp. balcanicum. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7967&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 13.11.2021].
Lamium bifidum subsp. bifidum. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=10755&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 13.11.2021].
Lamium bifidum. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=3371&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 13.11.2021].
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.