Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium grandiflorum (L.) Kuntze |
Synonyms | Melissa grandiflora L. |
Calamintha atlantica Coss. | |
Calamintha mairei Sennen | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | sparsely long hirsute, leaves petiolate, large, ovate or oblong, acute, deeply serrate, flowers 3-7 in axillary pedunculate cymes, bracts linear-subulate |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | dark pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Kriti , Romania , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
grandiflorum baborense (Batt.) Govaerts, World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 17 (1999)
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