Orobanchaceae

P. coccinea (Bieb.) Poiret in Lam., Encycl. 5 :268 (1804). Syn: Orobanche coccinea Bieb., Beschr. Land. Terek Kur Casp. 58 :179 (1800); Anoplon bieb-ersteinii C.A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 104 (1831); Anoplanthus coccineus (Bieb.) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 3:481 (1844-45); Phelypaea boissieri Stapf in Kew Bull. 1915:291 (1915); Anoplon coccineum (Bieb.) H. Riedl & Schiman-Czeika in Fl. Iranica 5:2 (1964); Diphelypaea coccinea (Bieb.) Nicolson in Taxon 24:654 (1975); D. boissieri (Reuter) Nicolson, loc. cit. (1975). Ic: Bieb., Centr. Pl. Rar. Ross. 2: t. 56 (1832-43); Pflanzenreich 96 (IV. 261): f. 9 A-B (1930). Stem 10-50 cm, minutely glandular-pubescent, furnished with remote scales. Calyx irregularly 5-fid or 5-dentate, indistinctly glandular-pubescent, purple; teeth acuminate. Corolla 2.5-4 cm. Fl. 5-7. On Centaurea, 1000-2600 m.
Type: [USSR, Caucasus] in herbidis Caucasi, Marschall von Bieberstein (holo. LE).
N.E., Inner & S. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Stavri, 2600 m, Balls 523! A8 Çoruh: nr Melo above Artvin, 2000 m, Apold et al. 159! A9 Kars: Kağizman, above Pazli, 1800 m, T. Baytop (ISTE 19972)! B3 Afyon: 32 km S. of Sandikli, 1000 m, Sorger 62-26-1! B8 Erzurum: Karaağil to Erzurum, Hamur-pet Da., Mitchell 2778(!). B9 Van: Darnis Aşağı, 2700 m, Frödin 1936:184. C2 Denizli: Cadmus (Baba Da.), Boiss. & Pinard (type of P. boissieri Stapf). C3 Isparta: Çiçekdağ, 1500 m, Sorger 67-5-105! C5 Adana: Hasanoğlu nr Gürümze, 1300 m, Kotschy 1859:44! C6 Maraş: Ahir Da., B. Post. C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova, 1950 m, 23 v 1966, Eiselt!
Crimea, Caucasia, N. Syria, N. Iraq, N. & W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.