Phlomis
cypria
Post
Mém. Herb. Boissier 18:99 (1900)
Synonyms:
P. fruticosa
Linnaeus subsp. cypria (Post) H. Lindb. Fil.
Distribution
in the wild: Endemic
to Cyprus
Flowering
in the wild: April-June
cypria
means of Cyprus.
Evergreen
shrub 50-150 cm. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate,
dull green above, greyish or yellowish stellate tomentose
below, 2-7 × 0.5-3 cm; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm. Floral leaves
subsessile and smaller. One or two whorls, many flowered.
Bracteoles adpressed, obovate or rhomboid-obovate 7-12 ×
3-7 mm. Calyx tubular, 13-15 mm, 6-8 mm wide at apex, hairless
except for a dense zone of yellowish or whitish hairs at
the mouth. 10 veins; teeth 2-2.5 mm. Corolla pale yellow.
Nutlets glandular-papillose at apex.
P.
cypria Post var. cypria
Grows
on sunny limestone hillsides
Leaves
shortly and broadly oblong, 3 - 4 × 1.5 - 2 cm, whitish
or greyish tomentose, with a rounded or very obtuse, broad
apex.
P.
cypria var.
occidentalis Meikle
Ann. Musei Goulandris
6:93 (1983)
Grows
only on igneous & serpentine hillsides in the south
of the island.
Leaves narrowly oblong, 3
- 7 × 1 - 2.3 cm, often yellowish tomentose, tapering to
a narrow, obtuse or subacute apex. Hardy to -10°C.
