Family |
Lamiaceae
Stachys distans
Benth.
Leb. Syr. Tur. Pal.
Stachys distans Benth.
(A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 472; 1848. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 150; 1983)
• Life-form & habit: Perennial, multicaule herb, 30–100 cm tall. Stems white-lanate, rigid, flexuous.
• Leaves: Short, somewhat distant, appressed-canescent on both sides, often densely white-lanate beneath. Basal leaves ovate, cordate, petiolate; cauline sessile, progressively reduced; floral leaves oblong-lanceolate, scarcely exceeding flowers.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Pseudo-verticillasters, distant except the uppermost, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, shorter than calyx. Calyx 5 mm, glandular-pubescent; teeth lanceolate, spinulose at apex, spreading in fruit. Corolla white-cream or pale pinkish, slightly hispid-glandular, tube slightly exserted, limb small.
• Fruit: Nutlets not described in detail by Mouterde; typical of genus.
• Phenology: Flowers March–October.
• Habitat & elevation: Rocky ground, old walls, stony fields; chiefly in Mediterranean zones; common.
• Lebanese distribution: Ct. Saïda, Beirut and environs, Antélias, Nahr el-Kelb, Ras Chekka, Tripoli. Mi. Deir-el-Qamar, Khan Hussein, ‘Amchit, Rayfoun, Faraya, Bteter, Broummana, Moukhtara, ‘Aley, Bikfaya, ‘Antoura, Kahhalé. Mm. Blaouzé, Dimane, Barouk, Ehden, Bcharré, Diman to Qannoubine.
• Native range: Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.