Salvia hydrangea
Salvia hydrangea
Koç şalba
Tuft-forming suffruticose herb. Stems erect, 20-50 cm, adpressed tomentose-canescent with ± antrorse hairs, eglandular or with scattered sessile glands. Leaves pinnatisect with 2-3-pairs of lateral segments, sparsely tomentose with antrorse eglandular hairs; terminal segment linear to oblong elliptic, entire, 2-4 x 0.5-1.2 cm; petiole to 1 cm. Verticillasters 4-12-flowered, distant or approximating. Bracts of upper verticillasters ovate-acuminate, 8-20 x 3-7 mm, lowermost transitional to leaves; bracteoles also present. Pedicels erecto-patent, c. 5 mm. Calyx purplish, campanulate, c. 12 mm, to 15 mm in fruit and membranous with divergent lips, tomentose or with some longer hairs; upper lip subentire or 3-lobed. Corolla pink to magenta, c. 22 mm; tube c. 15 mm, annulate; upper lip ± straight. Stamens A. Nutlets rounded trigonous, c. 3.5 x 2.5 mm. Fl. 6-8. Dry rocky volcanic, sandy and limestone slopes, pastures, roadsides, 600-2000 m.
Soviet Armenia, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
