Family |
Lamiaceae
Teucrium scordium subsp. scordioides
(Schreb.) Arcang.
Teucrium scordium subsp. scordioides (Schreb.) Arcang.
First published in Comp. Fl. Ital.: 559 (1882).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 105, Pl. XLIX, 4; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Woolly-hairy perennial with creeping roots and leafy stems, usually 30–60 cm tall.
Leaves: Sessile, ovate-oblong and round-toothed. Main-stem leaves have heart-shaped, stem-clasping bases; branch leaves are rounded at the base. Floral leaves exceed the flowers.
Inflorescence & flowers: A long, narrow inflorescence with stalked flowers in axillary groups of 2–4. The bristly-glandular, bell-shaped calyx is swollen and oblique at the base; its sharp, lanceolate teeth are half as long as the tube. The purple corolla is twice as long as the calyx, with slightly projecting stamens.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–August.
Habitat & elevation: Waterlogged ground.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Nahr el Kalb, Tripoli, Beit Meri, Bikfaya, Chouit to Hammana, Faraya, Falougha, Bcharre, Dimane, Ain Saouair, Khan Mourad, Ammiq, Nebaa Fouara, Aytanit, Chtaura, Zahle, Barouk spring, Mount Hermon, Sannine and Wadi el Delb.
Syrian distribution: Latakia, eastern slopes of the Alawite Mountains, Froulok, Bassit, north of Deirik, Damascus, Ghouta, Outaya and Hame.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Mouterde treats this plant as Teucrium scordioides Schreb.; Kew accepts it as a subspecies of Teucrium scordium.