Lallemantia peltata
Lallemantia peltata
Kalkanbaşı
Annual; stem erect, simple or branched, 15-40 cm. Lower leaves ovate or oblong, 40-55 x 7-12 mm, serrate, petiolate; upper leaves ± lanceolate to linear, 15-50 x 3-10 mm, weakly serrate to entire, subsessile. Bracteoles 7-10 x 6-9 mm , orbicular, ± truncate at base, reticulate-nerved beneath, ciliate-dentate. Calyx ± cylindrical, divided to less than 1/3, uppermost tooth obovate, lateral oblong; lower teeth lanceolate. Corolla violet-blue to pale bluish, less commonly white, 14-18 mm, tube ± equalling calyx. Fl. 5-7. Fallow fields, roadsides, eroding slopes, in ravines, 1250-2500 m.
Caucasia, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
