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Phlomis bourgaei

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Species of flowering plants in the sage family Lamiaceae

Phlomis bourgaei
Phlomis bourgaei, flowers and leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Phlomis
Species: P. bourgaei
Binomial name
Phlomis bourgaei
Boiss.
Synonyms
  • Phlomis schwarzii P.H.Davis

Phlomis bourgaei, the puckered gray-green Turkish phlomis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to East Aegean Islands to South West Turkey.

The specific epithet bourgaei is a taxonomic patronym honouring the French botanical traveller Eugène Bourgeau (1813-1877), who collected in Anatolia, North Africa, and North America.

Description

Herbarium specimen of Phlomis bourgaei, collected by Eugène Bourgeau in 1860.

It is a shrub, evergreen, growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 80 cm (3 ft) wide. The foliage shows a pronounced seasonal dimorphism. In winter and spring, the large, gray-green leaves develop horizontally to maximize photosynthesis during the growing period. In summer, after the flowering, the big leaves fall and the plant then produces a new generation of smaller, undulated leaves, compressed against each other along the stems to reduce the area of sun exposure and limit evapotranspiration. These new leaves are covered with a thick coat of wooly, golden brown hairs.

The flowers are yellow with 20–30 mm corolla, appear in April–May, and are carried in the leaf axils.

In the wild, P. bourgaei grows in shrublands, oak scrubs, and pine woods, on serpentine and calcareous rocks. In cultivation it requires a well-drained soil and an exposure with sun or partial shade, and tolerates limestone.

Hybrids

  • Phlomis × termessi Davis (Phlomis bourgaei Boiss. × Phlomis lycia D. Don)

References

  1. "Phlomis bourgaei Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. Ogden, Scott; Ogden, Lauren Springer (2011-11-03). Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for all Climates. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-336-2.
  3. ^ Filippi, Olivier (2007). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation) (in French). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 154. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.
  4. ^ Stasher (2019-01-26). "Phlomis fruticosa 'Bourgaei'". Stasher. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. Filippi, Olivier (April 2005). "In Search of Phlomis Species in Southern Turkey". The Mediterranean Garden (Journal of the Mediterranean Garden Society). 40. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. Taylor, Jim Mann (1998). Phlomis: the neglected genus. A guide for gardeners and horticulturists. National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG), Great Britain. Westbury-on-Severn: J.M. Taylor. ISBN 0-9532413-0-0. OCLC 40499720.
  7. Yüzbaşıoğlu, Ertuğrul; Dadandı, Mehmet Yaşar; Özcan, Sebahattin (2008-05-01). "Natural hybridization between Phlomis lycia D. Don × P. bourgaei Boiss., (Lamiaceae) revealed by RAPD markers". Genetica. 133 (1): 13–20. doi:10.1007/s10709-007-9177-y. ISSN 1573-6857. PMID 17705021. S2CID 22444857.
Taxon identifiers
Phlomis bourgaei
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