Lamiaceae

S. ceratophylla L., Sp. Pl. 27 (1753).
Biennial herb, lemon-scented. Stems sturdy, 30-60 cm, glandular-villous, densely so above. Leaves mostly basal, pinnatifid, oblong in outline, with spreading linear segments, white-lanate when young, 12-25 x 4-8 cm, rachis winged; petiole subabsent. Inflorescence spreading paniculate, yellowish-green. Verticillasters 2-5-flowered, distant. Bracts ovate, cuspidate, c. 15 x 12 mm. Pedicels erecto-patent, 2-4 mm. Calyx ovate-campanulate, c. 12 mm, to c. 16
mm in fruit with diverging lips, glandular-villous; upper lip tridentate with cuspidate teeth. Corolla cream or sulphur, rarely with lilac upper lip, 15-20 mm; tube c. 4 mm, abruptly ventricose, squamulate; upper lip falcate. Stamens B. Nutlets spherical, c. 3.5 x 3 mm. 2n = 44. Fl. 4-6. Limestone, igneous and gypsum slopes, corn and fallow fields, waste ground, 300-2150 m.
Described from 'Persia' (Hb. Linn. 42/47!).
Widespread in Inner Anatolia. A4 Ankara: Keçiören, 1000 m, Markgraf 10509! A5 Kastamonu: Tosya, Sint. 1892:4287! A8 Erzurum: N.E. of Tor- turn (Grossheim 7: map 440). A9 Kars: 23 km from Kağizman to Karakurt, 1350 m, Rech. 57430! B3 Eskişehir: Sündiken Da., Ekim 645! B4 Ankara: Haymana to Sivrihisar, 800 m, Demiriz 2952! B5 Kayseri: Incesu to Develi, 1050 m, Hub.-Mor. 10742! B6 Malatya: E. of Darende, 1500 m, Watson 5563! B7 Diyarbakir: Ergani to Maden, 900 m, D. 28878! B8 Erzincan: Tercan to Aşkale, 1600 m, D. 29343! B9 Van: 20 km from Timar to Van, 1800 m, D. 44219! C2 Burdur: Tefenni to Burdur, 1100 m, Hub.-Mor. 5209! C3 Burdur: Burdur to Antalya, Hub,-Mor. 5210! C4 Içel: Mut to Büyük Eğri Da., 800 m, Coode & Jones 913! C5 Niğde: Niğde, 100 m, Siehe 1898:38! C6 Adiyaman: Malatya to Besni, 1000 m, Balls 2262! C7 Urfa: Urfa to Hilvan, 700 m, D. 28241! C8 Siirt: 5 km S. of Siirt, 700 m, D. 43214! C10 Hakkari: Zap river valley, Trelawny 1319!
Palestine, Syrian Desert, Soviet Armenia, N. Iraq?, Iran, Afghanistan. Ir.-Tur. element. Oligomorphic and unmistakable. A specimen from B9 Van: Van to Degirmenköy, 1900 m, fallow fields, one plant, D. 44432! is an apparent hybrid between 5. ceratophylla and S. aethiopis.