Family |
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia libanotica var. australis
R.R.Mill
Leb. Syr. Tur.
Scrophularia libanotica Boiss. var. australis R.R.Mill
(First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36: 16, 1978; treated in Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 176; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Stems up to 50 cm tall. Plant becoming glabrescent with age.
Leaves: Similar to the typical subspecies, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, serrate.
Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal thyrses; calyx without glands, a key diagnostic feature separating this variety from var. nevshehirensis. Corolla tubular, reddish-brown.
Fruits: Capsule bilocular, many-seeded.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowers May–July.
Habitat & elevation: Rocky places, from middle to high mountain zones.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Sir-ed-Dennié (Mt!), Jabal Kneissé (Mt!), Cedars (Mt!), Bsharré (Pb!).
Syrian distribution: Anti-Lebanon (Birket-el-Foukhté, Jabal Halimé, Tala‘at Moussa, Jabal Abou-l-Haar above Bloudane, north of Yabroud, Jabal Ma‘loula, Jabal Lemnar), Damascus region (Jabal Qasyoun), Jabal Druze (Tell Qpuleib, Soueida, Jabal Druze), Jabal Mattai, and southeastern slopes of Mount Hermon.
Native range: Southeastern Turkey, Lebanon, Syria.