Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia frigida Boiss. |
Synonyms | Salvia gilliatii Turrill |
Salvia oreades Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss. | |
Salvia spinulosa Montbret & Aucher ex Benth. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2400m |
Description | thick rootstock, leaves mainly basal, narrowly oblong to ovate, 2-12cm long, lanate, finely rugose, crenate, flowers ca. 15mm long, tube ventricose |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | lilac, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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