Symphytum kurdicum
Symphytum kurdicum
Kürt kafesotu
Vegetatively similar to S. orientale but more asperous and leaves more membranous. Flowers c. 10, cymes more compact than S. orientale. Calyx 7-9 mm, accrescent to 12 mm in fruit, divided to 1/4-c. 1/2, lobes lanceolate, acute to subobtuse. Corolla white, 16-19 mm; scales 6 mm, broadly subulate, obtuse, equalling stamens. Nutlets 4 mm, obliquely curved, areolate, tuberculate. Fl. 4-5. Abies forest, shady rocks, cliffs and stream banks, 1200-2000 m.
N. Iraq, W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to S. orientale.
