Lamiaceae

S. sclarea L., Sp. Pl. 27 (1753). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 18: t. 1249 (1856); Fl. RPR 8: t. 41 f. 2 (1961); Huxley & Taylor, Fls. Greece t. 239 (1977).
Biennial or short-lived perennial with erect rather coarse quadrangular stems to 1 m, much branched above, pubescent to hirsute below, glandular above. Leaves simple, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, c. 8-14 x 5-10 cm, cor-date, pubescent, crenate-erose; petiole 3-9 cm. Inflorescence paniculate, many-flowered; verticillasters 2-6-flowered, distant. Bracts ± obscuring flowers, pink to mauve, membranous, ovate, acuminate, 15-35 x 10-25 mm. Pedicels 2-3 mm, erecto-patent. Calyx ovate-campanulate, c. 10 mm, to 13 mm in fruit, scabrid, with sessile glands; upper lip tridentate, mucronate. Corolla with a
lilac upper lip and cream lower lip 20-30 mm; tube abruptly ventricose, squa-mulate; upper lip falcate. Stamens B. Nutlets rounded trigonous, 3x2 mm. 2n=22. Fl. 5-8. Rocky igneous slopes, mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland, shale banks, fields, roadsides, s.l.-2000 m.
Described from Syria and Italy (Hb. Linn. 42/45!).
Throughout most of Anatolia except W. A2(E) Istanbul: Çatalca, Urumov. A2(A) Kocaeli: Gebze to Izmit, 50 m, D. 36237! A3 Bolu: Tataava to Abant G., 8 vii 1940, B. Post! A4 Ankara: Kızılcahamam to Gerede, 1260 m, Orshan 5147! A5 Samsun: Ladik, 700 m, Tobey 732! A7 Trabzon: Kalanema De. nr Aktsche Abad (Akçaabat), Hand.-Mazz. 328! A8 Gümüşane: Erzurum to Bay-burt, 1250 m, Stn. & Hend. 6160! B2 Kütahya: Kütahya, 6 vi 1935, Reese! B3 Eskişehir: Çatacik, 1400m, Ekim 659! B4 Niğde: S. of Tuz G., Bisby D94! B5 Kayseri: Bakirdaği nr Develi, D. 19190a! B6 Maraş: 5 km S. of Göksun, 1600 m, Stn. & Hend. 5545! B7 Tunceli: Tunceli to Pülümür, 1100 m, D. 29227! B9 Van: Delandere, 4 km S. of Müküş, 1400 m, Frödin 1939:272! C2 Muğla: Muğla to Kale, 720 m, Dudley (D. 35065)! C3 Antalya: nr Manavgat, 5 m, Hub.-Mor. 17704! C4 Içel: Gülnar, N. of Yeniceköy, 900 m, Demiriz 431! C5 Niğde: Ala Da., Çukurbağ, 1750 m, Parry 250! C6 Gaziantep: Gazian-tep, 900 m, v 1944, Aysoy. C9 Hakkari: Zap gorge, c. 25 km from Hakkari to Çukurca, 1000 m, D. 44800! C10 Hakkari: 2 km from Şemdinli to Yük-sekova, 1550 m, D. 45033! Is: Kos, d'Urv. (doubtful).
Throughout most of Europe, S.W. & C. Asia. Distinctive on account of its habit and the large coloured bracts, often exceeding the flowers; a fairly oli-gomorphic species.