Nepeta betonicifolia
Nepeta betonicifolia
Ssp betonicifolia: Sivripisikotu; Ssp strictifolia: Başlı pisikotu
Perennial; stems few , erect, unbranched, 25-65 cm, finely pilose with very short eglandular hairs. Leaves erect, ± adpressed to stem, 1.5-4.5 x 0.5-3 cm, brightish green, oblong to ovate-oblong, serrate, truncate or sub-cordate, sessile or almost so, with a sparse indumentum of very short hairs and few sessile glands. Inflorescence a ± condensed oblong 'spike' or with lowermost shortly pedunculate verticillasters distinct. Bracteoles linear to subulate, 4-10 mm. Calyx narrowly tubular, dark violet, 8-10 mm, shortly eglandular-pilose or tomentellous, straight or almost so, mouth slightly oblique; teeth subequal, narrowly triangular acuminate, 1.5-3 mm. Corolla violet or violet-blue, 15-17 mm; tube narrowly expanded above, ± straight or curved. Nutlets broadly oblong, trigonous, c. 2-3 x 1.3 mm, tuberculate. Fl. 6-8. Rocky igneous and limestone slopes, alpine meadows, fallow fields, 1100-3100 m.
Transcaucasia, N., N.W. & W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
Transcaucasia, N., N.W. & W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
