Lamiaceae

S. atropatana Bunge, Lab. Pers. 47 (1873). Syn: S. montbretii Bentham var. virescens Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 1:278 (1901)! S. linguifolia Hedge & Hub.-Mor. in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22:181 (1957)!
Perennial herb with a woody rootstock. Stems several, 25-70 cm, erect, usually densely glandular-pilose (or arachnoid-eglandular with sessile glands). Leaves mostly basal, linear to linear-oblong, 10-15(-20) x 0.5-3(-5) cm, arach-noid-tomentose with sessile glands to ± lanate, entire (on linear leaves), serrate to suberose, cuneate; petiole 3-9 cm. Inflorescence paniculate, narrowly ob-pyramidal. Verticillasters 4-6-flowered, approximating above. Bracts ovate-acuminate, c. 8-15 x 7-10 mm. Pedicels 2-4 mm. Calyx ± campanulate, 8-10 mm, densely glandular, to 11-13 mm in fruit; upper lip indistinctly triden-tate. Corolla white, or with a yellow lip, 20-25 mm; tube 7-8 mm ventricose, squamulate; upper lip strongly falcate. Stamens B. Nutlets ovoid, c. 3 x 2.5 mm. Fl. 6-7. Rocky slopes in steppe, sloping meadow, 1750-2560 m.
Type: [Iran] prope Tikmedescht ad orientem ab urbe Tabris, Bienert (holo. LE? fragment P!).
S.E. Anatolia. B9 Van: 8 km from Van to Gürpinar, 2000 m, D. 44728! B10 Van: 3-4 km N.E. of Başkale, 2300 m, D. 44544! C10 Hakkari: Nehil Çayi, 62 km from Hakkari to Yüksekova, 1750 m, D. 44918!
N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to S. microstegia but always with much narrower leaves with a thin indumentum. Varying in leaf shape, the narrowest being quite linear (e.g. around Van), and degree of leaf toothing.