Magnoliophyta

PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Scrophularia nodosa L.
det. M. Khutsishvili
The Republic of Georgia. West Georgia; Tsageri district; vill
Ophitara. Right bank of the r.Tskhenistskali; roadside, ca.
42°31'549 N, 42°38'570 E, ca. 330 m. (coordinates from hand-
held GPS, accurate to within a radius of about 50 m).
Phytolacca americana, Dianthus imereticus, Pulicaria
dysenterica.
Perennial, with short swollen nodular rhizome. Stems up to 40-
125cm, purplish. Leaves purple-veined, shortly petiolate;
lamina ovate. Inflorescence subfoliate. Corolla upper lobes
purple, lover lobes and tube pale greenish-purple to yellowish.
Capsules ovoid, acute.
Manana Khutsishvili 146	15 September 2006
M.Chiboshvili
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
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