Family |
Lamiaceae
Teucrium divaricatum subsp. divaricatum
Sieber ex Heldr.
Teucrium divaricatum Sieber ex Heldr.
≡ T. flavum var. purpureum Benth.
(Exsicc. Autogr. Herb. Graec. Norm. 1856: n. 290; 1857. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 505; 1983)
• Life-form & habit: Suffruticose plant, much branched, with short ascending or erect stems, 10–20 cm tall, hairy. Branches end in a lax raceme of flowers, often interrupted at base.
• Leaves: Petiolate, ovate, hispid on both surfaces, with few crenations, base rounded or cuneate. Floral leaves entire, ovate-oblong, slightly acute, equalling or shorter than calyces.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Calyx shortly pedicellate, campanulate, tomentose, somewhat gibbous at base, often purplish, with acute teeth slightly shorter than the tube. Corolla purple, about twice as long as calyx. Stamens exserted.
• Fruit: Nutlets not detailed by Mouterde; typical of Teucrium.
• Phenology: Flowers April–July.
• Habitat & elevation: Rocky habitats.
• Lebanese distribution: Subsp. villosum: Ct. Ras Jedra, Saïda, Beirut and environs, Tripoli; Mi. Baïssour, Kahalé, Ghiné, Chemlan, Beit Méri, Kfar Chima, Broummana, Ghazir, route de Chahtoul, Bikfaya, Ehmej, Deir-el-Qamar, Mayrouba, Mar Roukhos, Sofar; Mm. ‘Aïn Zhalta, Bcharré, Ehden, Cedars, ‘Aqoura; Me. Makmel.
• Native range: Greece, Anatolia, Cyprus, Lebanon–Syria, Palestine.