Lamiaceae

N. congesta Fisch. & Mey. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4, 1:34 (1854). Perennial; stems single, erect, 28-50 cm, widely branched, sparsely to
densely puberulous to villous, eglandular or with sessile glands. Leaves ovate-oblong to elliptic, 1.6-4.7 x 0.6-2.4(-3) cm, crenate, uppermost rarely entire, truncate or cuneate, ± glabrous, puberulous or villous with sessile glands below; petiole 0.2-1.4(-2) cm. Inflorescence a widely branched pale green thyrse, flowers clustered. Bracteoles elliptic, ± equalling calyx. Calyx ± campanulate, 5-8(-ll) mm, puberulous to villous, with sessile glands or not, teeth ± equalling tube, narrowly triangular, straight, rarely recurving. Corolla white or cream, 6-8(-9) mm, shorter or longer than calyx teeth. Nutlets c. 2.2 x 1.8 mm, broadly oblong, rounded trigonous, usually finely tuberculate above. Fl. 4-6. Limestone crevices and screes, stony slopes, steppe, fallow or wheat fields, railway lines, 300-2100m. 1. Stem with a short puberulous indumentum, often of ± retrorse hairs, occasionally interspersed with longer spreading hairs var. congesta
1. Stem with a ± dense indumentum of spreading villous multicellular hairs, shorter hairs sometimes present var. cryptantha
var. congesta. Map 44.
Type: [Turkey B4 Konya] Guenzlu (Kulukessa), loc. palud. desert, steril., c. 1000 m, Tchihatcheff [235] (holo. P!).
C. Anatolia. B3 Eskişehir: 5 km E. of Oğlakci, 129 km E. of Eskişehir, 800 m, Buttler 13231! B4 Ankara: d. Bala, Kulu to Gölbaşi, 31 km N. of Kulu, 1000 m, Hub.-Mor. 14198! Konya: Cihanbeyli, D. 18645! B5 Yozgat: 45 km S. of Yozgat, road to Boğazliyan, 1100 m, Coode & Jones 1511! B6 Sivas: 30 km from Sivas to Gürün, 17 vi 1939, Reese! C3 Konya: Beyşehir to Dereköy, Çetik 3816! C4 Konya: Konya, 1100 m, Hub.-Mor. 8416! C5 Konya: 24 km E. of Ereğli, 1000 m, Sorger 62-64a-2!
Endemic.