Lamiaceae

S. lavandulifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1:42 (1790).
Suffrutescent perennial with basal rosettes of sterile shoots. Flowering stems numerous, 10-30 cm, sparsely to densely pilose, sometimes absent, rarely white-tomentose with unequal stellate hairs. Basal leaves subsessile to sessile, oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2-6 x 0.4-1.5 cm, entire to faintiy serrate, attenuate at base, cauline similar. Floral leaves oblong to ovate, 1.2-2 x 0.25-0.8 cm, shorter than verticillasters. Verticillasters (at least lower ones) usually remote, (2-)4-6-flowered. Bracteoles few, linear, 2-3 mm, hirsute. Pedicels 1.5-2 mm. Calyx ± regular, subcampanulate, patently pilose, tip softly spines-cent. Corolla purple to mauve, 13-15 mm, tube subincluded. Nutlets obovoid, 2.5-3 x 2-2.5 mm. Fl. 5-8. Limestone to igneous rocky slopes and screes, 1000-3660 m.
1. Calyx teeth 1-1.2 x as long as tube; leaves shortly whitish-tomentose, cauline oblanceolate with ± obtuse apex var. brachyodon
1. Calyx teeth 2-3.8 x as long as tube; leaves sericeous-tomentose or glabrous, cauline lanceolate with acute apex
2. Leaves and stems ± glabrescent with few subsessile to sessile glands var. glabrescens
2. Leaves and stems sericeous-tomentose with glandular hairs var. lavandulifolia
var. brachyodon Boiss., Fl. Or. 743 (1879). Syn: S. tomentosa sensu Bunge, Lab. Pers. 71 (1873) non Bentham (1834); S. boissieri Kapeller in Zam. Sist. Geogr. Rast. 16:17(1951).
Type: [N.W. Iran] ad lacum Ourmiah, Seidlitz 188 (holo. B, destroyed?).
E. Anatolia. B9 Ağri: 2 km S.W. of Hamur (Murat valley), 1670 m, D. 44016! Van: pass between Hoşap and Başkale, 2660 m, Hub.-Mor. 11390! Bitlis: N. slope of crater on Nemrut Da., 2600 m, McNeill 590! B10 Van: 6 km from Özalp to Saray, 2250 m, D. 44378! C9 Hakkari: Berçelan Y., 3000 m, Koyuncu 6693(!). C10 Hakkari: Cilo Da., 3658 m, D. 24220! *
N.W. & W. Iran, Transcaucasia. Ir.-Tur. element.