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18. Phlomis L., Sp. Pl. 584. 1753. L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 255. 1754; Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 537. 1848; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 779. 1879; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 691. 1885; Briquet in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 1, 4, 3A: 248. 1896; Mukerjee in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 14, 1: 193. 1940; Knorring in Komarov, Fl. URSS 21: 57. 1954; Hedge & Lamond in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 23: 128. 1968; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 150: 292. 1982; Adylov, Kamebn & Machmedov, Notae de Lamiaceis 1, in Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 23: 110-114. 1986.
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Perennial often suffruticose herbs or shrubs, with at least some branched to stellate-dendroid hairs. Stems sturdy, erect. Leaves undivided, entire or crenate-serrulate, petiolate, with a ± prominent indumentum. Vertiicillasters many-flowered in axils of upper leaves, distant or approximating. Bracts prominent, numerous, narrow oblong to subulate. Flowers rose, purple or violet, usually large, showy. Calyx tubular, ± thick-textured, 5-10-nerved, not bilabiate, truncate, teeth equal or unequal, often spiny. Corolla bilabiate; tube annulate or not, included within calyx; upper lip falcate, internally densely bearded; lower lip spreading or ± reflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included, anterior pair longer than posterior; thecae 2-locular. Style unequally 2-lobed. Nutlets 4 trigonous, truncate, glabrous at apex or bearded.
A genus of about 100 species in north temperate regions mainly Europe and Asia. Very closely related to Eremostachys (q.v.).
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Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, ± clearly cordate;
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Leaves elliptic, oblong to oblong lanceolate, cuneate to sub-cordate; upper leaf lamina with stellate-dendroid hairs with ± regular rays |
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Bracts subulate, ± pungent, somewhat spreading from calyx; lower leaf surface canescent-tomentose; stems 1-2 m |
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Bracts linear, acuminate to spinulose, ± adpressed to calyx; lower leaf surface with a sparse indumentum; stems 20-80 (-100) cm |
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4 Phlomis bracteosa |
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Shrub; stem indumentum thick and persistent |
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1 Phlomis stewartii |
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Herbaceous perennial; stem indumentum ± sparse, readily rubbed off |
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2 Phlomis cashmeriana |
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