Lamiaceae



Nepeta congesta FISCH. ET MEY.
var. cryptantha (BOISS.) HEDGE ET LAMOND

Nepeta congesta FISCH. ET MEY.
var. cryptantha (BOISS.) HEDGE ET LAMOND

Nepeta L.
Nepeta congesta FISCH. ET MEY. var. cryptantha (BOISS.) HEDGE ET LAMOND
Ömür: Çok yıllık
Yapı:
Hayat formu:
İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4
Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6
Habitat: kireçtaşı yarıklar ve çağıllık, taşlı yamaçlar, nadas veya buğday tarlaları, raılway lınes
Minimum yükseklik: 300
Maksimum yükseklik: 2100
Endemik: -
Element: ?
Türkiye dağılımı: O. ve GD. Anadolu
Genel dağılımı: Azerbaycan, Ermenistan, K., KB. ve O. İran, Filistin, Suriye Çöl
Bulunduğu iller
Bulunduğu kareler : B3 B4 B5 B6 B9 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7

 
N. congesta Fisch. & Mey. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4, 1:34 (1854). Perennial; stems single, erect, 28-50 cm, widely branched, sparsely to
densely puberulous to villous, eglandular or with sessile glands. Leaves ovate-oblong to elliptic, 1.6-4.7 x 0.6-2.4(-3) cm, crenate, uppermost rarely entire, truncate or cuneate, ± glabrous, puberulous or villous with sessile glands below; petiole 0.2-1.4(-2) cm. Inflorescence a widely branched pale green thyrse, flowers clustered. Bracteoles elliptic, ± equalling calyx. Calyx ± campanulate, 5-8(-ll) mm, puberulous to villous, with sessile glands or not, teeth ± equalling tube, narrowly triangular, straight, rarely recurving. Corolla white or cream, 6-8(-9) mm, shorter or longer than calyx teeth. Nutlets c. 2.2 x 1.8 mm, broadly oblong, rounded trigonous, usually finely tuberculate above. Fl. 4-6. Limestone crevices and screes, stony slopes, steppe, fallow or wheat fields, railway lines, 300-2100m. 1. Stem with a short puberulous indumentum, often of ± retrorse hairs, occasionally interspersed with longer spreading hairs var. congesta
1. Stem with a ± dense indumentum of spreading villous multicellular hairs, shorter hairs sometimes present var. cryptantha
var. cryptantha (Boiss.) Hedge & Lamond in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 38:43 (1980). Syn: Oxynepeta involucrata Bunge, Lab. Pers. 59 (1873); Nepeta cryptantha Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:669 (1879);N. involucrata (Bunge) Bornm. in Mag. Bot. Lap. 11:9 (1912);N. erivanensis Grossh. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 44(2):234 (1928). Ic: Fl. Pal. 3: t. 188 (1979), as N, involucrata. Map 44.
Syntypes: [Turkey C7 Urfa] Suerek (Siverek), Haussknecht (G) et [Syria?] in deserto Chabur (Khabur), Haussknecht (G).
C. & S.E. Anatolia. B6 Sivas: Pinarbaşi to Gürün, 1700 m, Stn. & Hend. 5188! B9 Van: Timar to Bendimahi, 50 km from Erciş, 1750 m, D. 44204! C5 Konya: Kratergölu (Acigöl) nr Karapinar, A. & T. Baytop (ISTE 6997)! C6/7 Urfa: Birecik, Haschnadi, Sint. 1888: 447! 448! 449! C7 Urfa: d. Viranşehir, 5 km W. of Ceylanpinar, frontier with Syria, 300 m, Hub.-Mor. 14196!
Azerbaijan, Armenia, N., N.W. & C. Iran, Palestine, Syrian Desert. Less densely villous specimens are occasionally found in areas where the two varieties overlap, e.g. C5 Konya. More observations within populations are desirable.