Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Achillea cretica L. trib. Anthemideae |
Synonyms | Achillea erioclada DC. |
Achillea santolina Sm. | |
Santolina alpina Sieber ex Steud. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-600m |
Description | appresed grey hirsute, leaves linear, pinnatisect, segments minute, imbricate, ovate, capitula in compound, lax corymb, involucre lanate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece , Kriti ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Cyprus , East Aegean Is. , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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