Symphytum aintabicum
Symphytum aintabicum
Antep kafesotu
Perennial, puberulous and subhispid, 30-40 cm. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong lanceolate, lower petiolate, upper sessile, auriculate. Flowers 10-15. Calyx 6 mm, accrescent to 15 mm in fruit, divided to ¼-1/3 , lobes lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla white, rose or blue, 12 mm; scales oblong-lanceolate, equalling stamens. Nutlets 3 mm, erect, constricted at base, areolate, tuberculate. Fl. 4-5. Shady woods, limestone rocks, 900-1700 m.
Endemic. E. Medit. element. Related to S. brachycalyx.
