Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthoprasium frutescens (L.) Spenn. |
Synonyms | Molucella frutescens L. |
Ballota frutescens (L.) J.Wood | |
Beringeria frutescens (L.) Rchb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | very ramose, leaves shortly petiolate, ovate-rhombic, coarsely crenate, flowers in whorls of 2-6, bracts spinose, calyx lanate, lobes ovate, aristate, corolla 15mm long |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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