Salvia syriaca
Salvia syriaca
Ssp nusairiensis: Amanos çayı
Perennial herb; rhizomatous. Stems c. 30 cm, yellowish-green, erect, branched, eglandular-pubescent below, denser above . Leaves simple, ovate, cordate, c. 6-13 x 4-8 cm, rugose, serrulate, shortly eglandular or glandular-pubescent below; petiole c. 3-6 cm. Verticillasters 4-6- flowered,. distant. Bracts ovate, c. 5 x 5 mm. Pedicels 3-4 mm, erecto-patent, Calyx tubular, 5-7 mm, densely eglandular or glandular-pubescent, upper lip straight, tridentate; calyx scarcely expandingin fruit. Corolla white, c. 10 mm; tube straight, glabrous within; upper lip ±straight to slightly falcate. Stamens B. Nutlets rounded-trigonous, c. 3 x 2 mm. 2n = 22, 24. Fl. 4-7. Steppe, marly banks, fallow and cultivated fields, 450-1850 m.
W. Syria, Soviet Armenia, N. Iraq, Syrian Desert, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
