---EcoNEWS--- THE RED DATA BOOK OF THE REPABLIC OF UZBEKISTAN-Eremostachys eriolarynx Pazij et Vved.

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

246. Eremostachys eriolarynx Pazij et Vved.

Status 1. Very rare narrow endemic of the Kyzyl Kum.
Brief description. Perennial plant 20-30 cm high with turnip-shaped root. Stem densely pubescent with long thickened simple hairs. Radical leaves broadly ovate, toothed-crenate, pubescent with simple hairs, short-petioled; stem leaves similar to radical ones, but smaller. Flowers in false whorls in floral leaf axils. Calyx 20-25 mm long, funnel-shaped, with very dilated limb, pubescent with simple hairs with admixture of solitary, glandular. Corolla 28-31 mm long, white, with yellow lower lip. Corolla tube glabrous outside, with hairy ring inside. Flowering in May, fruiting in June.
Distribution. The Kyzyl Kum (Bukhara region). Outside Uzbekistan: Kazakhstan.
Habitat. Grey-brown soils of plains.
Number. For the first time was collected in May 5, 1871 in the Karak Steppe (Chimkent region). For the last time was collected in 1959 in Gizhduvan district in the environs of the Yangi-Kudduk water-well (Bukhara region). Subsequent repeated searches were unsuccessful.
Reproduction. Seed.
Reasons of number and area change. Overgrazing.
Cultivation. No information.
Measures of protection. Included in the Red Data Book. It is necessary to continue search of this species.

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