Phlomis
floccosa D. Don
Bot. Reg.
15:t.1300 (1830)
Synonyms:
P.
bicolor (Viviani) Bentham
P.
lanata Gandoger
P.
samia var. bicolor Viviani
Distribution
in the wild:Tunisia,
Libya, Egypt, Karpathos & Kos, in scrub, garigue, sea
level–900 m.
Flowering in the wild:
March–April
floccosa
means woolly, looking like matted
wool.
Only
one characteristic is really needed to define this plant
and that is the hooked calyx teeth. Tender.
Shrub
to 1m. Lower leaves oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, cordate
or sub-cordate at base, crenate at margin, rugose on upper
surface, stellate-tomentose on both surfaces, 3–5 cm long;
petiole to 3 cm. Floral leaves lanceolate, acute or acuminate;
shortly petiolate. Whorls 4–8 flowered. Bracteoles numerous,
linear-subulate, 15–18 mm, stellate-lanate, ciliate with
2–3 mm hairs. Calyx tubular, 15–19 mm, stellate-lanate,
ciliate; calyx teeth subulate, unciniate, 1+5 mm. Corolla
25–32 mm, yellow. Nutlets glabrous.
Natural
hybrid:
P. × vierhapperi
K. H. Rechinger
Ann.
Naturhist. Mus. Wien 47:149 (1936)
(= P.
floccosa D Don × P. pichleri Vierhapper)
Distribution:
Karpathos
