Scrophularia cryptophila Boiss. & Heldr.

Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, Phytotaxa 333 (2), pp. 151-187 : 156

4. Scrophularia cryptophila Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1(12): 31 (1853)

= S. praeterita Heywood in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 83 (1952).

Lectotype: — [ TURKEY. C4 Konya] in ruinis veteris ecclesiae ad cacumen montis Karadagh Lycaoniae sitae, c. 1525 m, [1845] Heldreich ( G!); paralectotypes: — [ TURKEY. C4 Antalya] in speluncis obscuris montis Gheidagh Isauriae (Geyik Da.), 1676 m, Heldreich ( G); [ C3 Antalya] in monte Bereketdagh Lycia, Pestalozza ( G).

Specimens seen: — TURKEY. Ankara: Beypazarı- Kıbrıscık, around Yiğitler Village , mixed deciduous forest, 1050‒1300 m, 01 June 2001, A. A. Dönmez 8958 ( HUB) ; Kızılcahamam, Eğerlikuzdere Village , stony, 1000 m, A. Güner 4973 et al. ( GAZI, HUB) ; Mamak, Kıbrıs Village gorge, crevices, shady places, 1000‒1100 m, S. Aslan 1410 ( GAZI) ; Antalya: Akdağ, around Yeşilgöl , ca. 1800 m, 24 June 1967, Sorger 67‒22‒8 ( WU) ; Elmalı , N of Akdağ, rocky slopes, 2000‒2500 m, 13 July 1968, A. Pamukçuoğlu ( HUB 24173 ) ; Karatepe , 02 August 1947, P. H. Davis 13886 ( ANK) ; Bozburun Mountain , P. H. Davis 15630 ( ANK) ; Sütçüler, Kuzca Village, Totabeli , Pinus nigra forest, calcareous rocky, streamsides, 1400‒1500 m, 05 June 1975, A. Güner 2084 ( HUB) ; Gazipaşa, Çobanlar Village, Delieğik location, 1800‒2000 m, 19 July 1981, H. Sümbül 1122 ( HUB, ANK) ; Gazipaşa, Mazan Village Plateau, 700‒1000 m, 13 July 1982, H. Sümbül 1326 ( HUB) ; Aydın: Çine, Gökbel Mountain , Pinus nigra forest, 1120 m, 26 September 1977 ( ISTE 41877 ) ; Bolu: Aladağ, Demirciler Plateau , 1300 m, 19 May 1970, I. Bozakman 613 ( WU) ; Denizli: Honaz Mountain , roadsides, 1200 m, 07 June 1969 ( WU 18040 ) ; Eskişehir: between Mihalıççık-Sarıyar dam, 1250 m, calcareous rocky, 08 June 1962, Davis & Coods 37222 ( WU) ; Sündiken Mountains , under and in clearings mixed forest, ca. 1450 m, 20 June 1973, T. October 831 ( ANK) ; Isparta: Şarkikaraağaç, Kızıldağ Milli Parkı, Kuzgun hill, 1350 m, 24 July 1994, B. Mutlu 1087 ( HUB) ; Çiçekdağ , around cave, ca. 1800 m, 17 June 1967, Sorger 67‒6‒28 ( WU) ; Eğirdir, Aksu, Yaka Village , above Yukarı Sağacak , calcareous rocky, alpine steppe, 1770‒2490 m, 10 July 1974, A. Güner 1764 ( HUB) ; Kahramanmaraş: Limestone cliffs, 09 September 2004 ( ISTE 83854 ) ; Konya: Seydişehir, Tınaztepe cave entry, calcareous, Quercus scrub, ca. 1500 m, 01 August 2003, A. A. Dönmez 11766 ( HUB) ; near Ermenek , cave valley, ca. 1700 m, 1970, P. Quezel et al. ( ANK) ; Seydişehir, Çeltek hill, cave entry, ca. 1750 m, 18 May 1982, H. Ocakverdi 1589 ( ANK) ; Mersin: 43 km N of Mut , mountain meadows, 1600 m, 09 June 1966 ( WU 66‒34 ‒ 2 ) ; Anamur, Güney Bahşiş Village, Ağaçtepe Plateau , 1840 m, 22 June 1983, H. Sümbül 2178 ( HUB) ; Kırobası- Silifke , 15‒18. km, cave entry, damp areas, 1318 m, 15 June 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2435 ( GAZI) ; Muğla: Yatağan, Çukuröz Village , 400 m, H. Aktaş 437 ( GAZI) ; Girdev Lake , ca. 1760 m, P. H. Davis 13754 ( ANK) .

Flowering time: — June–August.

Habitat: — Mixed deciduous forest, under and in clearings mixed forest, Pinus nigra forest, Quercus scrub, streamsides, roadsides, crevices, limestone cliffs, calcareous rocky, alpine steppe, stony, shady places, mountain meadows, cave entry, damp areas, meadows. 600‒2050 m elevation.

Distribution: — Endemic. Mediterranean element.