Phlomis
bourgaei
Boissier
Fl. Or.
4:787 (1879)
Synonyms:
P.
viscosa Poiret subsp. bourgaei
(Boiss.) P.H. Davis
P. schwarzii
P.H. Davis
Distribution
in the wild:
Endemic to Turkey,
in maquis, Quercus scrub, Pinus woods, calcareous
and serpentine rocks from sea level-1000 m.
Flowering
in the wild:April-August
bourgaei
is in honour of Eugène Bourgaeu
(1813-1877).
Differs from P. viscosa Poiret by having narrower
bracteoles, a smaller calyx (with longer teeth), by having
a smaller denser inflorescence and has less glandular hairs.
Evergreen
shrub to 150 cm. Leaves glandular-puberulant, stellate above
and densely stellate-tomentose beneath, triangular-ovate
to oblong-lanceolate, cordate at base, crenate-serrate at
margin, 3-16 × 1.5-6 cm; petiole to 5 cm. Floral leaves
triangular-ovate-lanceolate; shortly petiolate. One to two
whorls, (6-)12-20 flowered. Bracteoles subulate, densely
long hispid-viscid 12-17 × 0.75-1.5 mm, teeth subulate,
3-7 mm. Corolla yellow, 20-30 mm. Nutlets hairless.
Phlomis
bourgaei ‘Whirling Dervish’
A selection from the wild with very cockled leaves was introduced
by the author. Hardy to -15°C.
Natural
hybrids:
P. × mobullensis Huber-Morath
Bauhinia
6(3):373 (1979)
(=
P. bourgaei Boissier × P. grandiflora H S Thompson)
Distribution:
Turkey
Differs
from P. bourgaei in having bracteoles 2-3 mm wide
and no glandular hairs on the calyx teeth.
Differs
from P. grandiflora by having glandular hairs on
leaves and bracteoles 2-3 mm wide.
P.
× termessi P.H. Davis
Kew
Bull. 1951:93 (1951)
(= P.
bourgaei Boissier × P. lycia D Don)
Distribution:
Turkey
