Lamiaceae

L. iberica (Bieb.) Fisch. & Mey. in Ind. Sem. Horti Petrop. 6:53 (1839). Syn: Dracocephalum ibericum Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 2:64 (1808);D. aristatus Bertol. in Nov. Comm. Acad. Bonon. 6:225 (1844)! Lallemantia sulphurea C. Koch in Linnaea 21:629 (1848). Ic: Bull. Appl. Bot. Leningrad 23:224(1930); Fl. RPR 8: t. 11 f. 4(1961).
Similar to L. peltata but lowest leaves ovate, lamina to 18 x 10 mm, crenate; bracteoles 6-10 x 2-4 mm, ovate, cuneate at base, teeth usually with very long capillate awns; corolla violet-blue (sometimes with white lower lip), pale blue or white, 11-15(-18) mm. Fl. 4-6. Roadsides, slopes, fallow fields, weed of cultivated land, 500-2150 m.
Type: [USSR, Georgia] in Iberia, Steven.
Widespread in Anatolia, except for coastal areas. A4 Ankara: Keçiören, D. 18732! A5 Yozgat: 21 km from Çekerek to Alaca, 800 m, Coode & Jones 1607! A6 Tokat: Artova, 1400 m, Bornm. 1890:2147! A8 Gümüşane: Godenando in Chromdere (Krum De.), Sint. 1894:5891! A9 Kars: Selim to Sarikamiş, 1900 m, D. 30691! B2 Uşak: Elma Da. N. of Uşak, Bal. 1857: 1172! B3 Eskişehir: 30 km from Polatlı to Sivrihisar, 800 m, Coode & Jones 2272! B4 Ankara: Kavaklidere, 900 m, Bornm. 1929:14545! B5 Kayseri: 43 km from Şarkişla to Kayseri, 1350 m, Hub.-Mor. 11885! B6 Sivas: nr Zara, 1300-1400 m, Bornm. 1893:3489! B7 Tunceli: 1 km from Pülümür to Mutu, 1450 m, Hub.-Mor. 10775! B8 Bingöl/Muş: Elaziğ to Muş, 4 vii1963, M. Zohary! B9 Van: 6 km from Erciş to Bendimahi, 1750 m, D. 44140! C2 Antalya: Elmali, Bourgeau 1860:211! C3 Burdur: Buldur (Burdur), Heldr. C4 Konya: 34 km from Karaman to Ermenek, 1300 m, Hub.-Mor. 8566! C5 Içel: Gülek Boğazi, 1855, Bal. C6 Urfa: Birecik, Sint. 1888:451! C7 Urfa: 55 km E. of Birecik, 600 m, Hub.-Mor. 14176! C8 Mardin: Senar, Sint. 1888:955! C9 Mardin: 9 km from Cizre to Idil, 560 m, D. 42948! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova, 25 v 1966, Eiselt!
Palestine, Syrian Desert, N. Iraq, N.W., W. & C. Iran, Khorassan. Ir.-Tur. element.