Lamiaceae |
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Cyclotrichium (BOISS.) MANDEN. ET SCHENG. |
C. glabrescens (Boiss. & Kotschy ex Rech. fil.) Leblebici in Bitki 1: 406 (1974). Syn: Calamintha glabrescens Boiss. & Kotschy ex Rech. fil. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 99:62, 63 f. 12 (1952)! Plant glaucescent-green, glandular-pruinose, lacking long hairs. Stems ascending, slender, 10-25 cm. Median leaves 10-20 x 12-16 mm, ovate, entire or nearly so. Verticillasters (l-)2-5, densely 6-many-flowered. Bracteoles lanceolate, 1/2-3/4 x calyces. Calyx slightly curved, 7-8 mm, glandular-pruinose, sub-bilabiate; teeth porrect, subulate, rarely ciliolate, upper teeth c. 2 mm, lower to 2.5-3 mm. Corolla pale mauve, 9-12 mm. Fl. 7. Limestone rocks, 1100-2000 m. Type: [Turkey B8 Muş] iter cilicico-kurdicum ad urbem Musch (Muş) in subalpinis, c. 2000 m, 9 ix 1859, Kotschy 1859: Suppl. 688 (holo. W, iso. G! K!). S.E. Anatolia. B8/9 Bitlis: 30 km from Bitlis to Diyarbakir, Sarikonak to Narlidere, 1100-1200 m, Ehrend. et al. 787-85-1! B9 Bitlis: 25 km N. of Baykan, 1040 m, Hub.-Mor. 11385! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Very close to C. stamineum, and perhaps not specifically distinct. In the Ehrendorfer gathering, the calyx teeth (like the bracteoles) vary from non-ciliate (as in the type) to ciliolate. |