Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers borne on pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx campanulate, viscous-hispid, slightly gibbous at base; teeth lanceolate, very acute, subequal, about half as long as the tube. Corolla purple, twice the length of calyx; stamens long-exserted.
الثمار والبذور
Fruit: Nutlets not detailed by Mouterde.
الموائل والبيئة
Habitat & elevation: Rocky slopes, low to montane zones.
Lebanese distribution: Ouadi Fou’ara at low elevation (Mount Lebanon).
Syrian distribution: Ma‘loula, Jabal Ma‘loula, Yabroud (under the synonym T. yebrudi ), Jabal Halimé.
Native range: Endemic to Lebanon and Syria.
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit: Suffrutescent at the base, much-branched, 10–20 cm tall. Stems short, ascending, herbaceous, densely white-tomentose, terminating in loose oblong clusters of flowers.