Scutellaria brevibracteata

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Opposite, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 10–25 × 5–15 mm, crenate to subentire, base rounded, apex acute; both surfaces green, sparsely pubescent, with more hairs along veins beneath. Petioles short, 2–5 mm.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal racemes or interrupted spikes 3–10 cm long, densely flowered. Bracts shorter than pedicels (hence brevibracteata ), ovate, green, often tinged purple. Calyx 3–4 mm, bilabiate, upper lip with a characteristic rounded “scutellum” (shield-like crest) that becomes prominent in fruit. Corolla 10–14 mm, tubular, two-lipped, deep blue to violet; upper lip arched, lower lip trilobed with a broad middle lobe. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; style slender, bifid at apex.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Nutlets 4, ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, brown, finely rugose, enclosed by the persistent calyx.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers from April to June; fruits mature in summer.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Recorded by Mouterde from Mount Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon — notably Barouk, Dahr el-Baïdar, Zahlé, Falougha, and Ras Baalbeck; locally common in montane limestone areas.

Native range: East Aegean Islands, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye (POWO).

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

800 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Perennial herb 15–40 cm tall, with a woody base and several ascending to erect, quadrangular stems. Stems simple or sparsely branched above, covered with short, fine hairs.

دورة الحياة

معمرة

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Scutellaria brevibracteata

الفصيلة

شفوية

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