Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja macrantha C.A.Mey. |
Synonyms | Satureja macrosiphonia Bornm. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1800m |
Description | scabrously grey hirsute, leaves thick, linear-spathulate, short, obtuse, patent, whorls few flowered, remote, producing lax spike, calyx tubular campanulate, flowers 15mm |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late 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 |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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