Teucrium botrys or Cut Leaved germander is a low to short downy annual, sometimes biennial

Biennial plant

A biennial plant is a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle. In the first year the plant grows leaves, stems, and roots , then it enters a period of dormancy over the colder months. Usually the stem remains very short and the leaves are low to the ground, forming...

, plant. It was noted by Linnaeus in 1753 and is classified as part of the genus Teucrium

Teucrium

Teucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the family Lamiaceae. Common names for this genus include germanders. These species are herbs, shrubs or subshrubs...

 in the Labiate family. It has oval , but deeply cut leaves, which appear almost pinnate

Pinnate

Pinnate is a term used to describe feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in plant or animal structures, and comes from the Latin word pinna meaning "feather", "wing", or "fin". A similar term is pectinate, which refers to a comb-like arrangement of parts...

 in form.
Its flowers are 2 lipped but with the upper lip diminutive. They are pink to purple and form from the stem at the base of the leaves , in whorls. It is in flower in the northern hemisphere from June to October. It prefers limy soils and bare stony ground. It is native to western Europe, especially France and Germany. It has been introduced into north eastern North America.