Scrophulariaceae

S. pulverulenta. Boiss. & Noë in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(3): 155 (1856). Figure 19, p. 613.
Densely glandular-puberulent perennial. Stems 50-80 cm; glands white. Leaves petiolate; lamina ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 x 15-3.5 cm, base cuneate to truncate, margin obtusely crenate to sharply dentate. Inflorescence aphyllous; cymes with 1-3 cm peduncle, 5-9-flowered. Alar pedicels l-3(-4) mm. Bracteoles linear, 2-7 mm. Calyx lobes glabrous or sparingly glandular, ovate, 4x5 mm, obtuse; scarious margin white, 1-2 mm broad. Corolla pale brownish-pink, 7-8 mm, upper lip maroon. Stamens subexserted; staminode reniform. Capsule subglobose, 4-6 mm diam., apiculate. Fl. 5-6. Rocky igneous and shaly slopes, c. 1180-1900 m.
Type: [Turkey B7 Diyarbakir/Elaziğ] in subalpinis et ruderatis Armeniae meridionalis circa Ardana (? Ergani), v. 1852, Noë 1066 (holo. G!).
Inner Anatolia. B5 Kayseri: Erciyas Da., 1720 m, Çetik 4234! B7 Diyarbakir: Maden, 1300 m, D. 29084! Elaziğ: nr Kharput (Harput), mts. between Karatasch (Karataş) and Pekinik, Sint. 1889:697! Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890: 2482! B9 Van: nr Gurundaşt, Saltak (Çatak) to Van, c. 1900 m, Nábélek 2025. Bitlis: Akluttan, 2 km above Kumbet, Bir and & Karamanoğlu 387!
Endemic, Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to S. catariifolia.