Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Melittis melissophyllum L. |
Synonyms | Melittis grandiflora Sm. |
Melittis hispanica Klokov | |
Melittis kerneriana Klokov | |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | 100-1400m |
Description | hirsute, intensely fragrant, leaves oblong or oval, at base cordate, dentate, petiolate, flowers 25-40mm long in few flowered whorls |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink, purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Great Britain ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Portugal , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
melissophyllum albida (Guss.) P.W.Ball, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64(1): 71 (1971)
melisophyllum carpatica (Klokov) P.W.Ball, ibid.
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