Scrophularia libanotica
Scrophularia libanotica
Ssp armena: Kayaçekeni; Ssp libanotica: Denekutnu
Very variable saxatile perennial. Stems 16-75 cm, glabrous to densely glandular-puberulent. Lower leaves petiolate , upper subsessile to sessile; lamina thick, glabrous to densely glandular, margin simply to doubly dentate, bicrenate, or rarely pinnatifid. Inflorescence usually aphyllous; cymes 2-7-flowered. Peduncle 1-2·5 cm; pedicel 1,5-6 mm, densely glandular to subglabrous. Bracteoles 1-4,5 mm, lanceolate to narrowly linear, densely glandular to ± glabrous. Calyx lobes ovate to suborbicular, 2-3 x 1,5-2 mm, glabrous or glandular; scarious margin white, 0,3-0,6 mm broad. Corolla greenish- to brownish-pink, or maroon, 4-5·5 mm; stamens included or shortly exserted; staminode variable, oblong to broadly ovate, orbicular, rarely 3-5-lobed, occasionally transversely reniform. Capsules globular, apiculate, 3-5 x 3,5-5 mm. Fl. 4-7. Rocky slopes and crevices , 200-3050 m.
1. Corolla greenish- or brownish-pink
2. Staminode orbicular in outline, with 3-5 rounded lobes .....subsp. armena
2. Staminode variable, but lacking lobes ....................................subsp. libanotica
3. Plants densely glandular
4. Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or -sect, or undivided with coarsely bidentate margin; staminode transversely reniform or oblong ....var. mesogitana
4. Leaves undivided, ovate, with crenate or acutely dentate margin; ,staminode suborbicular .........var. sivasica
3. Plants glabrous to glandular
5. Ripe capsules dark buff to chestnut; staminode ± linear ....var. pontica
5. Ripe capsules red-brown to pale buff; staminode ovate-spathulate, often with acute apex ..........var. libanotica
1. Corolla maroon
6. Plants glabrous to sparingly glandular
7. Staminode spathulate to linear; leaves not glaucous; cymes reduced to 1-2 flowers .............var. oligantha
7. Staminode ovate to orbicular; leaves often glaucous; cymes dichasial, 3- or more-flowered ......var. australis
6. Plants densely glandular
8. Calyx glandular ..................................................................... var. nevshehirensis
8. Calyx glabrous
9. Leaves often bright green when dry; staminode ovate to spathulate ...........var. urartuensis
9. Leaves dull dark'green when dry; staminode spathulate to linear .............var. cappadocica
