Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium darwinii (Benth.) Kuntze |
Synonyms | Micromeria darwinii Benth. |
Micromeria pusilla Phil. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | leaves glandular punctate, obovate, obtuse, to 5mm, whorls 2-flowered, flowers shortly pedicellate, calyx tubular, strigose, lobes short, acute, flowers 5mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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