Salvia verticillata L.subsp. amasiaca

S. verticillata L., Sp. Pl. 26 (1753). Rech. fil. in Bot. Jahrb. 71:539-544 (1941);Penzes in Borbásia 5-6(l-3):l-31 (1944).
Perennial herb; stems erect or ascending, 15-70 cm, many, branched above or not, pilose to villous below with sessile glands. Leaves simple, oblong to ovate, 2.5-13 x 2-9 cm, or lyrate with one or two pairs of unequal basal lobes, pilose to villous with many sessile glands, subentire to serrate, rounded to cor-date; petiole 1.5-7(-9) cm. Verticillasters (8-)20-40-flowered, clearly distant. Bracts ovate-acuminate, c. 7 x 3 mm, deciduous. Pedicels 2-8(-10) mm, some ± deflexed. Calyx tubular, 5-6 mm to c. 7 mm in fruit with a bisulcate upper lip, violet-blue, pilose to villous with sessile glands, teeth mucronate. Corolla violet-blue, lilac, rarely white, c. 12 mm; tube straight, c. 8 mm with a V-shaped annulus; upper lip straight, narrowed at base. Stamens C. Nutlets c. 2.2 x 1.3 mm.
1. Leaves broadly ovate, clearly cordate; stem, leaf and calyx indumentum of villous soft hairs; plant to c. 70 cm, much branched subsp. verticillata
1. Leaves oblong, elliptic, or oblong-ovate, rounded or subcordate; indu-mentum of short ± scabridulous hairs; plant 15-50 cm, little branched subsp. amasiaca
subsp. amasiaca (Freyn & Bornm.) Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 8:110 (1908). Syn: S. amasiaca Freyn & Bornm. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 41:58 (1891); S. paalii Pénzes in Borbásia 5-6(1-3): 14 (1946). Ic: Fl. URSS 21: t. 17 f. 1 (1954). Fl. 5-9. In a wide variety of habitats: rocky slopes, Stipa steppe, sandy banks, meadows, Quercus and Pinus woods, fields and roadsides, 150-2300 m.
Type: [Turkey A5 Amasya] Amasia: in rupestribus ad 4-600 m, 11 vi 1899, Bornmüller 611.
Widespread throughout Anatolia. A 1(E) Kirklareli: nr Vize, A. Baytop (ISTE 13216)! A2(E) Istanbul: Therapia (Tarabya), Azn. 1736! A2(A) Bursa: Ulu Da., Kirazli Y., 1160 m, Demiriz 756! A3 Bolu: Nallihan to Mudurnu, 1200 m, D. 37064! A4 Zonguldak: Karabük to Eğriova, Keltepe Bölge, Bozak-man & Fitz 732! A5 Amasya: Merzifon, Maniss. 1011b! A6 Sivas: Sivas to Suşehri, 1810 m, Buttler 20340! A7 Gümüşane: Erzincan to Kelkit, 2100 m, D. 31905! A8 Gümüşane: Bayburt, Bourgeau 1862: 216! A9 Kars: 7km from Akçay to Çumaçay, 1600 m, D. 46830! B2 Kütahya: Domaniç, 900 m, D. 36429b! B3 Konya: Sultandağ, 1400 m, Sorger 68-46-37! B4 Ankara: Dik-men De., 20 vi 1942, Romieux! B5 Nevşehir: Göreme, 800 m, 24 vii 1971, Shmida & Lev-Ari! B6 Sivas: 28 km N.W. of Divriği, 1500 m, Sorger 69-42-88! B7 Erzincan: d. Kemaliye, Salihli, 1400 m, Hub.-Mor. 5983! B8 Erzurum: Erzurum to Aşkale, 1700 m, Lamond 2594! B9 Van: 5 km N. of Şatak, D. 23253! B10 Ağri: Doğubayazit to Taşliçay, 2000 m, Demiriz 3429! C3 Antalya: Manavgat to Beyşehir, 1370 m, Buttler & Erben 17615! C4 Konya: Konya to Beyşehir, 1510 m, Buttler 13646! C5 Adana: Göksu gorge below Himmetli, 750 m, D. 19840! C6 Adana: 25 km N.E. of Feke, 1200 m, Sorger 77-26-26! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da., 2280 m, D. 23946! C10 Hakkari: Bacirge, 1750 m, D.45256!
Bulgaria?, Caucasia, Iran, N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element? By far the commoner subspecies in Anatolia. In it and the previous one gynodioiecism is not un-common.