Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium alpinum (L.) Kuntze |
Synonyms | Thymus alpinus L. |
Calamintha purpurascens Benth. | |
Calamintha thracica Velen. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves elliptic to suborbiculate, pubescent, sometimes apically denticulate, flowers in axils of upper leaves, 1-2cm long, lower lip white variegate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Italy , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa Asia-Temperate Western Asia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
alpinum albanicum (Kümmerle & Jáv.) Govaerts, World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 16 (1999)
alpinum hungaricum (Simonk.) Govaerts, ibid.
lpinum majoranifolium (Mill.) Govaerts, ibid.
alpinum meridionale (Nyman) Goaverts, ibid.
alpinum orontium (K.Malý) Govaerts, ibid.
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