Lamiaceae

Thymbra spicata var. spicata

Thymbra L. Thymbra spicata L. var. spicata L. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: çalı Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: kuru sık sık kayalık yerler (genellikle kalkerli), çalı içinde, frigana ve bozkır Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 1000 Endemik: - Element: D. Akdeniz Türkiye dağılımı: Trakya, Dış ve GD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Yunanistan, Ege, Kıbrıs, B. Suriye, K. Irak Bulunduğu kareler :A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 B1 B6 B8 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8

T. spicata L., Sp. P1. 569 (1753). Shrub to 10-40 cm. Flowering stems ascending or erect, simple or sometimes divaricately branched, recurved-pubescent mainly on two opposite sides. Leaves Linear to linear-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous or sparsely ciliate towards base. Inflorescence ovate to oblong-attenuate, l-8(-10) cm, usually dense (rarely lower verticillasters ± distant). Bracts lanceolate, usually shortly ciliate. Bracteoles similar but acute-acuminate, densely long-ciliate, purplish, 1.5-2 x calyx. Calyx 4-6 mm, becoming purplish-brown and deciduous in fruit. Corolla purple, 12-16 mauve or pink, 12-16 mm, glandular-punctate. Fl. 6-7. 1. Leafy (current) flowering shoots simple; bracteoles unequally long-ciliate (longer hairs 1-1.5 mm) var. spicata 1. Leafy (current) flowering shoots divaricately branched; bracteoles usually short-ciliate (hairs mostly less than 0.5 mm) var. intricate var. spicata. Syn: T. verticillata L., Sp. P1. 569(1753)! T. ambigua E.D. Clarke, Travels 239 (1813). Ic: Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graeca 6: t. 546 (1827); Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 18: t. 1270 (1857). Dry often rocky places (usually calcareous), in scrub, phrygana and steppe, s.I.-1000 m. Described from 'Macedonia: Libano' (Hb. Linn. 724/1!). Turkey-in-Europe, Outer & S.E. Anatolia, Islands. A 1(E) Tekirdağ: Tekirdağ to Barbaros, A. Baytop (ISTE 12432)! A1(A) Çanakkale: Erenköy to Scala, Sint. 1883:1177! A2(E) Istanbul: Halkali, vii-viii 1896, Azn.! A2(A) Bursa: nr Bursa, 6 viii 1850, Clementi! A3 Sakarya: nr Geyve, 100 m, D. 36294! A4 Zonguldak: Safranbolu, 400 m, D. 39021! A5 Amasya: Amasya, 400-700 m, Bornm. 1889:1250! A6 Tokat: Tokat, Wiedemann! Bl Izmir: Nif Da., 360 m, Buttler 17332! B6 Adana: Sasak nr Hacin, Maniss. 1012! B8 Siirt: Silvan to Kurtalan, c. 1000 m, D. 22176! Cl Aydin/Izmir: Mykale, mt. Ag. Elias, 800 m, Fors.-Maj. 547! C2 Antalya: Kaş to Elmali, 3 m, Khan et al. 226! C3 Antalya: Antalya to Manavgat, 40 m, Dudley (D. 35741)! C4 Antalya: Alanya castle, A. Baytop et al. (ISTE 9670)! C5 Içel: Gülek, 0.6 km W. of Çiftlik, 800 m, Aberdeen Univ. Amanus Exped. H4 524! C6 Gaziantep: Gaziantep, 850 m, Balls 2402! C8 Mardin: Mardin, Deir Zafran, Sint. 1888: 1120! Is: Lesvos, Cand.; Samos, d'Urv.; Khios, Kampos, Platt 299; Rodhos, Embona, Rech. 7299. Greece, Aegean, Cyprus, W. Syria, N. Iraq. E. Medit. element, var. intricata P.H. Davis in Kew Bull. 1949:424 (1949). Dry stony places, screes, rocks, limestone cliffs, 150-1520 m. Type: [Turkey C2] Denizli: d. Acıpayam (Caria), Boz Dağ near Geyran Yayla, 1220-1520 m, dominant on gravelly slope facing S., 16 vii 1947, P.H. Davis 13328 (holo. K! iso. E!). S.W. Anatolia. Cl/2 Denizli: c. 10 km W. of Denizli, M. & D. Zohary 9417! C2 Muğla: Fethiye to Ovacik on Baba Da., 1000 m, D. 13713! 2-3 km from Muğla to Tavas, 150 m, Dudley (D. 35506)! Endemic. E. Medit. element, apparently replacing var. spicata in this part of S.W. Anatolia. The type gathering shows extreme nanism.