Scrophulariaceae

L. kurdica Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1 (4): 73 (1844).
Erect perennial, 30-90 cm, very variable. Stems stout or slender, paniculate or simple, densely foliose. Median leaves ovate, lanceolate or linear, 30-60 x1-25 mm, very acute or pungent, not amplexicaul, 1-5-nerved, glaucous, thick. Racemes very dense, 5-12 cm in flower. Bracts lanceolate, usually longer than pedicels, often deflexed. Pedicels 1-2(3) mm in flower, slender. Calyx lobes 2-4 mm, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse to acute, membranous-margined, glabrous, pubescent, tomentellous, villous or ciliolate, eglandular or rarely glandular. Corolla bright or sometimes dirty yellow, with or without violet or brown veins, 8-13 mm, bilabiate to -y-way; spur 5-10 mm, directed downwards, straight or ± incurved. Capsule 4-6 mm, often ± puberulent above, longer than calyx. Seeds winged, 2-2.5 mm, disc minutely tuberculate. Fl. 7-8(-9).
1.Calyx lobes tomentellous or white-tomentose, always obtuse, 2-3 mm
  2. Calyx crisply tomentellous (sometimes glandular), hairs not completely hiding the surface; corolla yellow, often violet-veined subsp. pycnophylla
  2. Calyx densely white-tomentose, snowy white; corolla clear yellow subsp. eriocalyx
1. Calyx lobes glabrous, sparingly puberulent or only ciliolate, acute or obtuse, 2-4 mm
   3. Median leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, only 1-4 mm broad, l(-3)-nerved; . corolla yellow, with or without violet veins subsp. araratica
   3. Median leaves ovate elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 7-20 mm broad, 3-5- nerved
    4. Calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, ± acute, 3-4 mm; corolla clear yellow and sometimes violet-veined subsp. kurdica
    4. Calyx lobes ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2-3 mm; corolla dirty yellow (buff), often brown-veined subsp. aucheri
subsp. araratica (Tzvelev) Davis in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 36:8 (1978). Syn: L. araratica Tzvelev in Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 19:17 (1959)! L. lineolata sensu Grossh., Fl. Kavk. 7: map 536 (1967) non Boiss. Rocky mountain steppe. 1200-2700 m.
Type: [Turkey B10 Kars] Turcia in monte Malyi Ararat [Küçük Ağri Da.], 14 viii 1919, Grossheim (holo. LE, photo E!).
E. Anatolia. B9 Ağri: 32 km W. of Doğubayazit, 1210 m, Furse 3557! Bitlis: 4 km E. of Sarikum Köyü on road nr Ahlat, 1740 m. Buttler 15993! Van: nr Pişvanik, 18 km W. of Gevaş, 1750 m, D. 45996! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da., gorge between Cilo Y. and Diz De., 2440 m, D. 24264! C10 Hakkari: Sat Da., N. of Sat G., 2700 m, Duncan & Tait 1 19 (stems branched), 1 18 (stems simple)!
Soviet Armenia. N.W. Iran? Ir.-Tur. element.