Lamiaceae

M.parviflorum Fisch. & Mey. in Ind. Sem. Horti Petrop. 1:33 (1835). Syn: M. pestalozzae Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(4):33 (1859)!
Erect, somewhat branched perennial. Stems 20-70 cm, stellate-pilose, usually densely so and white below, more thinly so above, brownish-green. Basal leaves very small, densely white-pilose; cauline leaves petiolate, elliptic, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, crenate-serrate, densely stellate-pilose and whitish beneath, upper surface greener with hairs with elongate central branch. Verticillasters several-flowered; bracteoles shorter than calyx tubes. Calyx tube 3.5-5 mm, stellate-pubescent (often densely so), hairs sometimes with elongate central branch; teeth 5-15 or rarely more, equal to somewhat unequal, straight or curved and hooked, widely spreading, (1.5-)2-3.5 mm, stellate-pubescent almost to apex. Corolla white, densely stellate-pilose outside, less so within upper lip.
1. Calyx teeth 5(-8), unequal when more than 5 subsp. oligodon
1. Calyx teeth 10-15 or more, all ± equal subsp. parviflorum
subsp. oligodon (Boiss.) Seybold, op. cit. 14 (1978). Syn: M. album Boiss. & Bal. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(4):52 (1859); M. parviflorum Fisch. & Mey. var. oligodon Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:705 (1879)! Figure 7. Fl. 5-8. Slopes, steppe, hillsides, 850-2350 m.
Lectotype (Seybold, loc. cit.): [Turkey C2 Antalya] Alidagh, Balansa 250 (holo. G, iso. E!) — also syntype of M. album Boiss. & Bal.
Mainly Inner Anatolia. A3 Ankara: Nallıhan to Müdürnü, 850 m, D. 37074! A4 Ankara: 30 km N. of Ankara, 900 m, Sorger 76-4-20! A7 Gümü-şane: Mescitli Da., 1000 rn, Tobey 2040! A8 Erzurum: Tortum to Artvin, 1450 m, Hub.-Mor. 15599! B3 Eskişehir: 5 km E. of Oğlakçi köy, 800 m, Buttler 13233! B/C3 Afyon: 10 km from Dinar, 1000-1200 m, Dudley (D. 35637)! B5 Nevşehir: Ürgüp, 1250 m, Sorger 70-37-21! B6 Kayseri: 11 km S. of Pınarbaşi, 1600 m, Sorger 77-77-7! B7 Malatya: 5 km E. of Malatya, 1200 m, Hub.-Mor. 8948! B8 Muş: Murat valley, 1420 m, D. 46106! B9 Van: Hoşap to Başkale, 2150-2200 m, Hub.-Mor. 10836!
Apparently endemic, but see note under subsp. parviflorum.