Lamiaceae

Nepeta cilicia

Nepeta L. Nepeta cilicia BOISS. APUD BENTHAM Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 9 Habitat: uçurumlar, kayalar, sel yatakları, kireçtaşı ve toprak yamaçlar, ibreli ve yaprak döken Minimum yükseklik: 900 Maksimum yükseklik: 2700 Endemik: - Element: D. Akdeniz Türkiye dağılımı: G. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: B. Suriye Bulunduğu kareler:-

N. cilicia Boiss. apud Bentham in DC, Prodr. 12:388 (1848)! Syn: N. pycnantha Bentham, loc. cit. (1848)! N. andrica Boiss. & Heldr. apud Bentham in DC, op. cit. 389 (1848)! N. cilicia Boiss. var. pisidica Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:662 (1879); N. amani Post in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1:29 (1893);N. cilicia Boiss. var. pycnantha (Bentham) Davis in Kew Bull. 1951:80 (1951)! N. cilicia Boiss. var. brevidens Davis, loc. cit. (1951). Map 43.   Perennial; stems (15-)22-100 cm, branched or not, glabrous, pilose or scabridulous eglandular to densely glandular papillose, green or maroon-flushed. Leaves triangular, ovate or oblong, 1.2-7.5 x 1-5.5 cm, truncate or cordate, dentate or crenate, ± glabrous to scabridulous, petiole 0.2-4.2 cm. Inflorescence branched or not, verticillasters congested or distant, cymes sessile or pedunculate, flowers few or many, ± congested. Bracteoles elliptic to linear, usually much shorter than calyx. Calyx tubular, 8-13 mm, ± straight, teeth triangular to narrowly triangular, 1/5-1/3 as long as tube, mouth oblique, lower lip somewhat cleft, ± scabridulous, glandular-papillose or not, green or purple tinged. Corolla violet to blue-purple, rarely red-purple, 22-31 mm, straight or curved, much exserted from calyx teeth. Nutlets elliptic to broadly oblong, trigonous, tuberculate, 2-2.8 x 1.3-1.5 mm. Fl. 5-9. Cliffs, rocks, gullies, limestone and soil slopes, coniferous and deciduous woods, 900-2700 m.   Type: [Turkey] in Tauro Cilicio, Kotschy 460 p.p. (iso. E! K! M! W!). S. Anatolia. B6 Maraş: d. Göksun, Hobek Da., 1800 m, D. 20210! C2 Denizli: Boz Da. above Geyran Y., 1520-1676 m, D. 13436! C3 Isparta: d. Sütçüler, Dedegöl Da., nr cirque Anica, 2100 m, D. 16064! Antalya: d. Gebiz, Bozburun Da. between Taşli Y. and Kozlu De., 1600 m, D. 15767! Konya: 46 km from Beyşehir to Akseki, 1360 m, Hub.-Mor. 8095! C4 Içel: 61 km from Gülnar to Ermenek, 1270 m, Hub.-Mor. 10159! C5 Niğde: Ala Da., N. side, Ulupinar Y. to Kara G., 2000-2650 m, Spitzenberger 131! Içel: Aslanköy to Yapaği alani, Uslu 1000! Adana: d. Karaisalı, Koca Çukur Y. N.W. of Pozanti, 1800-2000 m, Hub.-Mor. 15580! Hatay: Akra Da., 1220-1675 m, Haradj. 3122! C6 Adana: d. Bahçe, Düldül Da., between BaşkonusY. and Hussein Oluk çeşme, 1800 m, D. 16380! Maraş: Ahir Da., 1830 m, Haradj. 1588! Hatay: Amanus mts., 915-2135 m, Haradj. 4579!   W. Syria. E. Medit. (mt.) element. The variability of N. cilicia has already been discussed (Bommüller, Beih. Bot. Centr. 31(2):251, 1914; Hedge, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 24:62, 1962). With the material now available, there seems little need to revise these conclusions although the differences at either end of the variation are considerable: plants from higher altitudes on Ala Da. and Bulgar Da. are often rather short with green stems, small leaves, few flowers and are ± eglandular, while those from the Amanus (var. pycnantha, N. amani) are tall and robust, with maroon stems, large leaves, many flowers and are densely glandular in the inflorescence region. Numerous intermediates occur, and the robust plant is also known from Ala Da. (Wood & Gibson 141!).