Lamiaceae

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. verticillata Syn: S. uberrima Rech. fil. in Bot. Jahrb. 71:543 (1941)! Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 18: t. 1255 (1856); Fl. RPR 8: t. 41 f. 1 (1961). Fl. 6-8. In Pinus, Quercus, Fagus & Corylus woodlands, meadows, gravel beds, roadsides, s.I.-2300 m.
Described from Austria and Misnia (Meissen, nr Dresden) (Hb. Linn. 42/30!).
N. Anatolia, rare in S.E. Anatolia. A2(E) Istanbul: Rumelihisari, 21 vi 1920, B. Post! A2(A) Bursa: Ulu Da., 11 vii 1971, Shmida & Lev-Ari! A5 Sinop: Boyabat to Sinop, 1350 m, D. 38077! A7 Giresun: below Tamdere, 1600 m, D. 20645! Trabzon: Hamsiköy, T. Baytop (ISTE 4736)! A8 Rize: d. Ikizdere, Başköy to Cermanin Y., 2300 m, D. 21030! Çoruh: above Artvin, 1100 m, D. 29697! A9 Çoruh: Ardanuç to Kordevan Da., 1150 m, D. 30094! B8 Muş: S. slopes of Bingöl Da. nr Gümgüm (Varto), 1710 m, Kotschy 332 (type of S. uberrima)! B9 Van: Başkale to Hoşap, 2200 m, Rech. 53869! Bitlis: d. Kotum, Karz Da., 2200 m, D. 24572! C9 Hakkari: Zap gorge, 1220 m, Trelawny 1110!
Throughout most of Europe (except N.), Caucasia, N. Iran, N. Iraq; natural-ized in N. Europe and N. America.sTypically, a taller, sturdier and more richly branched plant than the other subspecies and grow-ing in more mesophytic habitats. However, intermediates are frequent, parti-cularly in N. and S.E. Anatolia (e.g. A7 Trabzon: 10 km S.W. of Trabzon, 150 m, Walton 10! B7 Tunceli: Selepur to Pülümür, 1600 m, D. 30930! C10 Hakkari: junction of Hakkari-Yüksek ova road, 1700 m, D. 44639!).