Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria cristata (Hampe) Griseb. |
Synonyms | Thymus cristatus Hampe |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 800-2150m |
Description | shortly grey pubescent, leaves minute, sessile, erect, the lower oblong, the other lanceolate, obtuse, abaxially concave, 3-nerved, cymes 3-flowered, axillary, in spike |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | crimson, pale purple |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Yugoslavia ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Cyprus , Iran , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
cristata carminea (P.H.Davis) P.H.Davis, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 65 (1952)
cristata kosaninii (Šilić) Bräuchler & Govaerts, Willdenowia 38(2): 374 (2008)
cristata orientalis P.H.Davis, ibid.
cristata phrygia P.H.Davis, ibid.
ssp. xylorrhiza (Boiss. & Heldr.) P.H.Davis, ibid.
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