Lamiaceae

S. multicaulis Vahl, Enum. PL 1:225 (1805). Syn: S. acetabulosa Vahl, op. cit. 227 (1805) non L. (1767) excl. syn.;S. szovitsiana Bunge, Lab. Pers. 43 (1873); Schraderia 'acetabulosa' (Vahl) Pobed. in Fl. URSS 21:369 (1954); Arischrada multicaulis (Vahl) Pobed. in Novit. Syst. Pl. Vase. (Lenin-grad) 9:247 (1972). Ic: Fl. URSS 21: t. 18 f. 1 (1954), as Schraderia acetabu-losa. Map 53.
Perennial herb, mat-form'ing, with a woody rootstock. Stems erect, un-branched, 12-55 cm, usually glandular-pilose to -villous, especially above, rarely glabrous, occasionally with dendroid hairs. Leaves simple, rarely with 1-2-pairs of small basal lobes, broadly ovate-elliptic to suborbicular, 2-4.5(-7) x 1-3.5 cm, rugose, crenulate, with a dense indumentum of ± adpressed den-droid to dendroid-stellate hairs; petiole 1.5-6 cm. Verticillasters 4-10-flowered, usually distant. Bracts broadly ovate, c. 15 x 10 mm; bracteoles present. Pedi-cels 2-4 mm, erecto-patent. Calyx campanulate, c. 15 mm, to c. 17 mm in fruit and broadening, sparsely to densely glandular-pilose or -villous, purplish-violet, rarely yellow-green; upper lip indistinctly 3-lobed. Corolla purplish-violet,rarely white, c. 18 mm; tube ± straight, c. 12 mm, annulate; upper lip ± straight. Stamens A. Nutlets rounded trigonous, 3.5 x 3 mm, dark brown. 2n = 16, 18, 32. Fl. 4-7. Rocky limestone and igneous slopes, shale and sandy slopes, scree, fallow fields, in Quercus scrub, Artemisia steppe, amongst Cedrus, 550-2600 m.
Type: 'Hab. in Oriente. Ex Herb. Desfontainii' (holo. C-Vahl!).
E. & adjacent C. & S. Anatolia. A6 Sivas: Zara to Şerefiye Y., 43 km N. of Zara, 1880 m, Hub.-Mor. 11877! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, 1400 m, Stainton 8323! A8 Erzurum: 27 km from Erzurum to Tortum, 1950 m, D. 47529! A9 Kars: W. of Kağizman (Grossheim 7: map 449). B5 Kayseri: d. Develi, Bakir-dağ to Saimbeyli, 1640 m, Hub.-Mor. 10745! B6 Sivas: Gürün to Sivas, 17 km N. of Gürün, 1680 m, Hub.-Mor. 11876! B7 Malatya: Malatya to Pütürge, Kube Da., 1730 m, Hub.-Mor. 8975! B8 Erzincan: Tercan to Aşkale, 1600 m, D. 29341! B9 Van: 7 km from Van to Erçek, 1850 m, D. 44260! C5 Adana: d. Feke, Bakir Da., 1900 m, D. 19410! Cβ Adana: d. Osmaniye, Yarpuz, 1600 m, Hub.-Mor. 14208! C7 Malatya: 74 km S.W. of Malatya, 1550 m, Sorger 71-45-25! C8 Mardin: 10 km from Gerçüş to Hasankeyf, 750 m, D. 43011! C9 Mardin: Cudi Da. above Hessana, 1300 m, D. 42841! C10 Hakkari: Zap river nr turning to Yüksekova, Trelawny 1307!
W. Syria, Syrian Desert, N. Iraq, Iran, Sinai. Ir.-Tur. element. Varying considerably in leaf and stem indumentum; specimens with the most clearly dendroid-stellate hairs are apparently from the most arid environments. A characteristic and often common steppe species of E. Anatolia. The bracts, calyces and flowers are generally violet or purple but not infrequently green and white. For a note on the nomenclature of S. multicaulis see Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22:427(1958).