Scrophularia canina L. subsp. bicolor (Sm.) Greuter İt Sıracaotu (in Turkish)

Scrophularia canina L. subsp. bicolor (Sm.) Greuter - İt Sıracaotu (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial, 30−100 cm or more, woody at base, many-stemmed, ± glabrous; stem purple or purplish-green especially below, striate. Lower leaves petiolate, upper subsessile, lamina 1−2-pinnatisect, primary segments oblong to lanceolate, entire to dentate, lower pinnatisect. Lower bracts pinnatisect, usually 3-dentate, upper lanceolate to linear, entire. Cymes 3−11(−20)-flowered, 1−2 × dichotomous, branches ± straight monochasia; alar pedicels 1−2 mm; bracteoles 4−8 mm. Calyx lobes glabrous, ovate to orbicular, 1.3−2.5 × 1.8−2 mm; scarious margin entire to lacerate, white, 0.4−0.5 (−0.6) mm broad. Corolla maroon, 2.5−5 mm, upper lobes with yellowish-white border. Stamens exserted; staminode oblong-lanceolate to narrowly oblong. Capsule globose, 3.5−4 mm, apiculate.

 

Flowering time: April−July.

Habitat: Dry rocky slopes on clay and shale, often nr streams, shady shores, salt marshes, fields, s.l.−1500 m.

 

Reference:

Lall SS & Mill RR (1978). Scrophularia canina L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 643.

Public Description:

Scrophularia canina, known as “it sıracaotu” in Turkish, is native to Europe, Balkans, Türkiye and Crimea. It is a perennial herb with maroon flowers, grows up to 100 cm in length. It blooms between April to July and is found in dry rocky slopes on clay and shale, often near streams, shady shores, salt marches, fields.

 

References:

Anonymous (2018) http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=7117 /,Accessed date: 30.01.2018.

Uzunhisarcıklı M E (2012) Scrophularia L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 845–850.