Scrophulariaceae

E. juzepczukii Denissova in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk Arm. SSR 7:64, f. 4(1950).
Stem to 6 cm, unbranched or with 1-3 pairs of short, suberect branches. Cauline internodes l-2½(-4)x as long as subtending leaves, lower floral shorter than or occasionally longer than subtending bracts. First flower at 2nd-6th node. Leaves to 6(-9.5) mm, obovate-lanceolate or obdeltoid, light green, flushed or bordered with purple or blackish-violet, subglabrous or setulose, sometimes with very short glandular hairs. Lower bracts usually adpressed to calyx, obdeltoid or semicircular with rounded side towards base, or elliptic, ovate or broadly rhom-boidal, apex coarsely tridentate, some populations with a second pair of lateral teeth distant from bract base. Corolla 3.5-5.5 mm. Capsule 4-6 mm, shorter or occasionally slightly longer than calyx, 2-2½ x as long as broad. Fl. 7-8. Grassy slopes, screes and rock ledges, 2700-3600 m.
Type: [Soviet Armenia] Armyanskaya SSR. G. Alagez. K vostoky ot oz. Sev-Lich, 3300 m, 28 viii 1948, Denissova (holo. LE!).
E. Anatolia. B9 Van: d. Başkale, Ispiriz Da., 3300 m, D. 23772! B10 Ağri/Kars: Grand Ararat (Büyük Ağri Da.), 2700-2800 m, B.Post 2183! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da., 10 km W. of Cilo Tepe, 3600 m, D. 24189!
Transcaucasia, N. & N.W. Iran. Hyrcano-Euxine element.