Phlomis aucheri

Phlomis aucheri Decaisne
Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Sér. 2(2):251 (1834)

Distribution in the wild;
Endemic to Iran
aucheri is in honour of the French collector P.M.R. Aucher-Eloy (1792-1839)

Herbaceous perennial 30-60 cm. Basal leaves narrowly ovate to oblong, rarely lanceolate-linear, cordate or almost truncate at base, 6-12 × 2-3 cm; petiole to 12 cm. Stem leaves shortly petiolate, truncate to cuneate. Three to six distant whorls per simple or branched stem, 5-8 flowered. Bracteoles 13-18 mm, linear, shortly stellate-tomentose. Calyx 16-20 mm narrowly funnel shaped with stellate hairs to 16 mm, teeth unequal. Corolla ±25 mm, yellow.

Natural Hybrid:
P. × stapfiana K.H. Rechinger
Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 89:293 (1940)
(P. aucheri Boissier × P. olivieri Bentham)

Phlomis Photograph Pages
Phlomis anisodonta	*Phlomis fruticetorum*	*Phlomis platystegia*
*Phlomis armeniaca*	*Phlomis grandiflora*	*Phlomis pungens*
*Phlomis atropurpurea*	Phlomis herba-venti	*Phlomis purpurea*
*Phlomis betonicoides*	*Phlomis italica*	*Phlomis purpurea subsp. almeriensis*
*Phlomis bovei*	*Phlomis lanata*	Phlomis purpurea, white form
**Phlomis bovei subsp. maroccana**	*Phlomis leucophracta*	*Phlomis regelii*
*Phlomis bourgaei*	Phlomis leucophracta 'Golden Janissary'	*Phlomis russeliana*
Phlomis bourgaei 'Whirling Dervish'	Phlomis leucophracta 'Silver Janissary'	*Phlomis samia*
*Phlomis breviflora*	**Phlomis linearis var. plumosa**	Phlomis samia 'Green Glory'
*Phlomis bucharica*	*Phlomis longifolia*	*Phlomis taurica*
*Phlomis cashmeriana*	*Phlomis lunariifolia*	*Phlomis × trullenquei*
*Phlomis chrysophylla*	*Phlomis lychnitis*	*Phlomis tuberosa*
*Phlomis cretica*	**Phlomis × margaritae**	**Phlomis umbrosa var. australis**
Phlomis crinita hybrid	Phlomis milingensis
**Phlomis cypria var. occidentalis**	*Phlomis nissolii*
Phlomis 'Edward Bowles'	*Phlomis oreophila*