Salvia aucheri
Salvia aucheri
Ssp aucheri: Mavi şalba; Ssp canescens: Koramaz
Perennial herb. Stems 60-100 cm, erect, eglandular-pilose below, glabrous and sometimes glaucous above, often purplish. Leaves mostly towards base of stem, simple or occasionally with one pair of lateral lobes, 4-10 x 2-5 cm, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, adpressed white pubescent below, margin finely crenulate; petiole 1.5-4 cm. Inflorescence paniculate; verticillasters 2-flowered or irregularly so; clearly distant; bracts and bracteoles present. Pedicels 3-4 mm, erecto-patent. Calyx ovate- to tubular- campanulate, 6-8 mm, densely glandular pilose, striate; upper lip clearly tridentate. Corolla lilac, c. 25 mm; tube straight below, widening above, annulate; upper lip ± straight. Stamens A. Nutlets rounded trigonous, c. 3 x 3 mm. Fl. 7-10. Stony slopes, screes, rock crevices, Quercus & Pinus woodland, 550-1350 m.
1. Leaves ovate-elliptic to elliptic, 4-10 x 2-5 cm ..............var. aucheri
1. Leaves ±linear-elliptic, 1-2 x 0.4-1 cm .........var. canescens
The species is endemic and allied to S. divaricata.
