Phlomis bourgaei

Short description: Species of flowering plants in the sage family Lamiaceae

Phlomis bourgaei

Phlomis bourgaei, flowers and leaves
Scientific 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[1]

* Phlomis schwarzii P.H.Davis

Phlomis bourgaei, the puckered gray-green Turkish phlomis,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to East Aegean Islands to South West Turkey.[3][4]

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.[5]

The flowers are yellow with 20–30 mm corolla, appear in April–May, and are carried in the leaf axils.[3]

In the wild, P. bourgaei grows in shrublands, oak scrubs, and pine woods, on serpentine and calcareous rocks.[6][4] In cultivation it requires a well-drained soil and an exposure with sun or partial shade, and tolerates limestone.[3]

## Hybrids

* Phlomis × termessi Davis (Phlomis bourgaei Boiss. × Phlomis lycia D. Don)[7]

## References

1. ↑ "Phlomis bourgaei Boiss.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453815-1.
2. ↑ Ogden, Scott; Ogden, Lauren Springer (2011-11-03) (in en). Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for all Climates. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-336-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=_w_9TBFiSqgC&pg=PA59.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Filippi, Olivier (2007) (in fr). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 154. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stasher (2019-01-26). "Phlomis fruticosa 'Bourgaei'". https://noellemace.blogspot.com/2019/01/phlomis-fruticosa-bourgaei.html.
5. ↑ Filippi, Olivier (April 2005). "In Search of Phlomis Species in Southern Turkey". The Mediterranean Garden (Journal of the Mediterranean Garden Society) 40. http://www.mediterraneangardensocietyarchive.org/40-phlomis.html. 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" (in en). Genetica 133 (1): 13–20. doi:10.1007/s10709-007-9177-y. ISSN 1573-6857. PMID 17705021.

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