Lamiacaea

P. armeniaca Willd., Sp. Pl 3:119 (1800), incl. subsp.salviifolia Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss., ser. 1, 4:138 (1896). Syn: P. nympharum O. Schwarz in Feddes Rep. 36:134 (1934)!.?. linearis Boiss. & Bal. subsp. anticragif M. Davis in Kew Bull. 1949:412 (1949)! Ic: Rech. fil. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 89(4):265, t. 2, 294, t. 8 f. 4, 295, t. 9 f. 4 (1940). Figure 5. Map 19.
Herb to 60 cm, eglandular. Leaves with adpressed or subadpressed indumentum of short stellate hairs, ± canescent- or whitish-tomentose beneath, basal leaves ovate-oblong to lanceolate and linear-lanceolate, obtuse to subacute, cuneate, tapering towards base, indistinctly crenulate to crenulate-serrate, 2-10 x 0.8-2 cm, petiole to 7 cm. Floral leaves linear-lanceolate, shortly petiolate or sessile, 1-2 x verticillasters. Verticillasters 2-5, distant or upper ± congested, 4-10-flowered. Bracteoles subulate, 3-10 mm, stellate-tomentose. Calyx 13-17 mm, adpressed or spreading stellate-tomentose, teeth lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 mm. Corolla yellow, 25-35 mm. Nutlets glabrous. Fl. 6-8. Pine woods, steppe, dry limestone rocks, corn and fallow fields, 800-2350 m.
Type: Armenia, Gundelsheimer? (Viewegin Hb. Willd. 10936; holo. HAL).
Widespread, but mainly in Inner Anatolia. A3 Bolu: Ala Da., Kartal Kaya Tepe, 1750 m, D. 37486! A4 Çankiri: 22 km from Çankiri to İlgaz, 1350 m, 20 vi 1955, Simon! A5 Amasya: Amasya, nr Gollü, Maniss. 37! A8 Erzurum: 26 km from Tortum to Oltu, 2200 m, D. 47575! A9 Çoruh: 19 km E. of Ardanuç, 1020 m, Hub.-Mor. 15611! Bl Izmir: Nif Da., 1600-1700 m, O. Schwarz 866 (type of P. nympharum)] B2 Kütahya: Murat Da. between Hamah and Keşik Söğüt, 1500 m, D. 36869! B3 Eskişehir: above Sivrihisar, 1200-1300 m, Dudley (D. 36034)! B4 Ankara: 16 km from Kulu to Ankara, 1150 m, D. 35975! B5 Nevşehir: Nar, 5 km N. of Nevşehir, 1250 m, Roper 70! B6 Sivas: 7 km W. of Sivas, 13 vi 1939, Reese & Skrivânek! B7 Erzincan: Sipikör Da., Sint. 1890:3239. B8 Erzurum: Erzurum, 1853, Huet! B9 Van: Toprakkale above Van, 1720 m, Hub.-Mor. 8905! C2 Muğla: Baba Da. above Fethiye, 1700 m, D. 13672 (type of P. linearis subsp. anticragi)'. C3 Antalya:d. Gebiz, Bozburun Da. between Bogar Azzi and Tozlu Çukur Y., 1700 m, D. 15577(0. C4-Konya: 59 km from Beyşehir to Konya, 4 vii 1948, Reese! C5 Niğde: Boyalı nr Ulukışla, 1150 m, Balls 1370! C6 Adana: Kala Sekisi nr Had-jin (Saimbeyli), Maniss, 1021 (type off. armeniaca subsp. salviifolia)\
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Near to P. physocalyx and P. caucasica Rech. fil. (Caucasia, N.E. Iran).