Lamiaceae

S. limbata C.A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 86 (1831). Syn: S. chrysadenia Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 1:279 (1901)! Ic: Takht. & Fedorov, Fl. Erevana ed. 2, f. 82 (1972). Figure 13. Map 54.
Perennial herb with erect stems much branched above, 30-100 cm, retrorsely scabridulous below and with sessile glands above. Leaves simple, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, 10-16 x 6-10 cm, glabrous and glandular-punctate below, sparsely pilose above, erose-dentate; petiole to 12 cm. Verticillasters 2-6-flowered, distant. Bracts ovate-acuminate, soon deciduous. 2-6 mm. Pedicels 2-5 mm, erecto-patent. Calyx ovate-campanulate, 8-10 mm, to c. 12 mm in fruit, with scabrid eglandular hairs and sessile glands; upper lip shortly tri-dentate, mucronate, recurved. Corolla white with pale yellow lip, c. 25 mm; tube short, abruptly ventricose, squamulate; upper lip falcate, villous at tip. Stamens B. Nutlets c. 2.5 x 2 mm, rounded trigonous, ovate-oblong. Fl. 6-8. Stony slopes, steppe, sandy loam, roadsides, cornfields, 1060-2340 m.
Type: [USSR, Azerbaijan] in locis siccis lapidosis montium Talüsch (Talysh) prope pagum Swant, c. 1280 m, [C.A. Meyer 140] (holo. LE, photo!).
E. Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: 8 kmN.E. of Tortum, 1450 m, Hub.-Mor. 15323! A9 Kars: E. of Kağizman, Akçay to Cumaçay, 2100 m, D. 46782! B8 Erzurum: 4 km W. of Erzurum on road to Ilıca, 1810 m, Buttler 14119! B9 Ağri: Doğubayazit to Ağri, Lamond 2554! Van: 7 km from Van to Erçek, 1850 m, D. 44262! Erek Da., Kronenburg 6 (type of S. chrysadenia)! Bitlis: Tatvan, D. 22308! B10 Ağri: 12 km from Doğubayazit to Iğdir, 1060 m, Hewitt 200! C10 Hakkari: 37 km from Şemdinli to Yüksekova, 2000 m, D. 45055!
Transcaucasia, N., N.W., W. & C. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Unusual in having an indumentum without glandular hairs.