Lamiaceae

S. macrochlamys Boiss. & Kotschy in Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:595 (1879). Figure 13. Perennial herb. Stems many, 30-50 cm, procumbent, branched above,
leafy, densely glandular-villous. Leaves simple, ovate to elliptic, 4-7 x 2-4 cm, cordate or rounded, crenulate to serrulate, glandular-pilose, and with few sessile glands; petiole 2-4 cm. Inflorescence shortly paniculate or not; verticil-lasters 2-flowered, approximating. Bracts ± enclosing flowers, ovate to ovate-oblong, 30-40 x 15-20 mm, membranous, prominently veined, greenish-white. Calyx tubular-ovate, c. 20 mm, glandular villous; upper lip tridentate, acuminate. Corolla pink or white, lower lip flecked or all violet, c. 35 mm; tube straight below, widening above, annulate; upper lip ± straight, truncate. Stamens A. Nutlets rounded trigonous, broadly ovate, c. 5 x 4 mm. Fl. 6-8. Rocky limestone slopes, open slopes in Quercus scrub, 900-2300 m.
Type: [Turkey B8 Muş] in schistosis alpium prope Musch Armeniae, 1525 m, [9 ix 1859], Kotschy 508 (holo. G! iso. W!).
Mainly S.E. Anatolia. B7 Tunceli: Munzur Su, 1 km from Tunceli, 950 m, Hub.-Mor. 10764! B8 Bingöl: Karakoçan to Kiği, 1060 m, Buttler 15819! B9 Bitlis: Bitlis to Tatvan, 5 km from Bitlis, 2100 m, Hub.-Mor. 10765! Van: Gevaş to Tatvan, 1650 m, Tuzlaci (ISTE 41325)! C8 Mardin: Bakakri, Sint. 1888:1200! Siirt: Siirt, 1150 m, Frödin 195! C9 Hakkari: Zab gorge, Çukurca to Hakkari, 950 m, D. 44771! C10 Hakkari: junction of Van-Hakkari/ Yüksekova road, 1700 m, D. 44640!
N. Iraq, N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. A very handsome and distinctive species on account of the very large bracts, 2-flowered verticillasters and thickly glandular-villous stems. Without any close allies.