Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys obtusifolia MacOwan |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2200m |
Description | leaves subsessile, elliptic, broadly rounded, at base subcordate, softly lanate, whorls 3-6-flowered, remote, in spike, calyx campanulate, flowers 6-8mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | brownish yellow |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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