Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomis cretica C.Presl |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 800-1000m |
Description | leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 3-8cm long, tomentose, particularly densely and white abaxially, flowers to 27mm long in remote whorls of 14-30 |
Size | 40-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece , Kriti ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (East Aegean Is.) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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