Lamiaceae

S. balansae Boiss. & Kotschy in Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:722 (1879). Syn: S. tere-kensis Knorr..in Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 15:341 (1953).
Perennial mesophytic herb with basal sterile rosettes. Flowering stems 35-100 cm, simple, rarely branched, erect, patent-pilose with eglandular and glandular hairs. Basal leaves oblong to ovate-oblong, 3-10.5 x 1.5-3.5 cm, usually sparsely (rarely densely) adpressed sericeous-pilose on upper surface, softly villous to glabrescent beneath, margin distinctly crenate-serrate, apex obtuse to acute, cordate to subcordate at base, petiole 3-10 cm. Caulineleaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3-10 x 1-3 cm, apex acute, rarely obtuse, shortly petioled to subsessile (petiole 0.5-5.5 cm), gradually passing into similar but smaller sessile floral leaves usually as long as verticillasters. Verticillasters remote throughout or a few confluent above, 1-6 cm distant, 10-16-flowered. Bracteoles lanceolate to linear, 6-12 mm, herbaceous, softly pilose, not spines-cent. Pedicels 1.5-10 mm. Calyx sub-bilabiate, subcampanulate, 9-12 mm, sparsely sericeous; teeth subequal, ovate to lanceolate, 1/3-1/2 x tube, erect to slightly recurved in fruit, margin with glandular and eglandular hairs, mucro 1-2 mm. Corolla rose-pink, 15-18 mm, tube subincluded. Nutlets obovoid, 2 x 1.8 mm, slightly winged at base. 1. Leaves sericeous-pilose on upper surface; median cauline leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-4 x as long as broad subsp. balansae
1.Leaves glabrescent on upper surface; median cauline leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, 1.6-1.7 x as long as broad subsp. carduchorum
subsp. carduchorum Bhattacharjee in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 33:277 (1974). Syn: S. carduchorum (Bhattacharjee) Rech. f. in Fl. Iranica — Labiatae 150 (1981)! Map 33. Fl. 7-9. Rocky slopes, limestone ravines, streamsides, 2200-3100 m.
Type: [Turkey C9 Hakkari] Cilo Da., in gorge between Cilo Yayla and Diz deresi, 2438 m, 10 viii 1954, Davis & 0. Polunin, D. 24265 (holo. E! iso. K!).
S.E. Anatolia. B9 Bitlis: d. Kotum, Karz Da. above Kemer, 2200 m, D. 24593! Van: d. Çatak, Kavuşşahap Da., 3100 m, D. 23214! C9 Hakkari: Hak- kari to Uludere, 2400 m, Koyuncu 4455(!). C1O Hakkari: Cilo Tepe, 3110 m, D. 24076!
N. Iraq. Ir.-Tur. element.