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Salvia L. |
| S. pachystachys Trautv. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 41(2):462 (1868). Syn: S. caespitosa sensu Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:599 (1879) p.p. non Montbret & Aucher (1836); S. michajlowskii Sosn. in Monit. Jard. Bot. Tiflis 27:8 (1913);S. caespitosa Montbret & Aucher subsp. pachystachya (Trautv.) Bordz. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Kiev 25:110 (1915); S. armenorum Bornm. in Feddes Rep. 38:158 (1935) e descr.S. sintenisii Bornm., op cit. 159 (1935)! Caespitose or mat-forming suffruticose perennial similar to S. caespitosa but differing by taller stems (to 40 cm) with inflorescence clearly exceeding leaf level; larger terminal leaf segments (to 6 x 1 cm); more numerous, often widely spaced verticillasters; larger usually white corollas (30-35 mm); and somewhat larger nutlets (c. 3 x 3 mm). Fl. 5-7. Rocky limestone and igneous slopes, screes, subalpine pasture, 1200-3200 m. Type: [USSR, Armenia] Alagöz, Lagowski in herb. Trautvetter 4378 (LE, photo E!). E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Bayburt Osluk Köprüsü, 1700 m,Tobey 2136! A8 Gümüşane: 20 km S.W. of Bayburt, 6 vii 1963, Orshan! Çoruh: S. of Artvin (Grossheim 7: map 431). Erzurum: S. of Narman (Grossheim 7: map 431). A9 Kars: 20 km from Akçay to Cumaçay, 2200 m, D. 46688! B7 Erzincan: Sipikör Da., Sint. 1889:1176b (type of S. sintenisiî)! B9 Kars: S. of Tuzluca (Grossheim 7: map 431). Van: ,Artos Da., 2900 m, D. 22793! Ağri:Tahir Da., Erzurum to Ağri, 2480 m, Koyuncu 1988! B10 Kars: Ağri Da., nr Ak Bulak, 3200 m, 25 vi 1934, Koksch (type of S. armenorum). W. Transcaucasia, N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Very close to S. caespitosa. Specimens of S. pachystachys from Transcaucasia and adjacent parts of Turkey vary relatively little, but gatherings from further S. and W. (e.g. Van, Erzincan) are not always clearly different from S. caespitosa. |