Phlomis bourgaei 'Whirling Dervish'

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

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