Stachys aleurites
Stachys aleurites is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae endemic to the Antalya region of Turkey. It was first published in 1848.
Description
Stachys aleurites is a woody-based, perennial herb with many moderately long, simple stems, growing on calcareous rocks near the Antalya coast at an altitude of 10–1275 m.The stems and leaves at first are whitened with a thin layer of felty hair on the surface, becoming mostly green with age as the hair is lost. The leaves are moderately sized, oval, and crenate-serrate toothed. Its flowers are in whorls of 6-12, on the upper parts of the stems; there are a number of such whorls, and they are well-spaced except the top few which are usually close together. The flowers are white with purple streaks and spots, at times giving a general light pink appearance. Each individual flower is very short-stalked, with a calyx whose 5 lobes are notably spiny-ended, which at maturity curve strongly outward.
As a regional-endemic growing in and close beside an expanding tourist city, the conservation status of this species is regarded as NT .
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Similar plants it might be confused with are Stachys bombycina ; Stachys distans ; and S. pseudobombycina, which was synonymised with S. bombycina by Akçiçek ).