Lamiaceae

S. kurdica Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(5):31 (1844).
Suffrutescent perennial. Flowering stems 18-36 cm, erect, branched above, sparsely pubescent or sometimes glabrous with sparsely glandular hairs. CauUne leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 0.6-4.6 x 0.25-0.8 cm, weakly serrate-dentate to subentire, apex acute, subcordate to cuneate at base; petiole 0.2-0.7 cm. Floral leaves similar but smaller, shortly petiolate to subsessile, lower longer than verticillasters, gradually becoming shorter than calyx above. Verticillasters remote, (2-)4(-8)-flowered. Bracteoles few, setaceous, c.2mm.
Pedicels 2-3 mm. Calyx ± regular, infundibular, 5.5-7(-8) mm; teeth subequal, broadly triangular to oblong-lanceolate with ± obtuse muticous apex, 1/5-1 x tube. Corolla yellow, 14-15 mm, subexserted. Nutlets 2.5 x 1.5 mm. Fl. 3-7.
1. Calyx teeth broadly triangular, 1/5-1/4 x tube var. brevidens
1. Calyx teeth broadly oblong-lanceolate, as long as or slightly shorter than tube var. kurdica
var. kurdica. Syn: S. subnuda Montbret & Aucher ex Bentham var. kurdica (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:734 (1879)! S. benthamiana sensu Hand.-Mazz. in Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 27:414 (1913) non Boiss. (1879). Figures 8 & 9. Map 37. Steep sandstone or limestone slopes, or on cliffs and crevices, 760-1350 m.
Type: [N. Iraq] in rupibus montis Gara Kurdistaniae, [10 viii 1841], Kotschy [390] (holo. G! iso. K! W!).
S.E. Anatolia. B8 Bitlis: Meleto (Meretug) Da. nr Hasoka, 1800-2200 m, Hand.-Mazz. 2735 (as S. benthamiana)\ B9 Van: 8 km N. of Çatak, D. 22977! C9 Hakkari: Çukurca, 1200 m, D. 44766b!
N. Iraq, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.