Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium brevifolium (Wahlenb.) Bräuchler & Hjertson |
Synonyms | Thymus brevifolius Wahlenb. |
Calamintha incana (Sm.) Boiss. | |
Micromeria insularis Candargy | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | densely grey tomentose, leaves 5-12mm, suborbiculate, subentire, whorls 2-6-flowered, calyx shortly densely hirsute, corolla 8-11mm long |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | pale pink |
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 (Greece , Kriti ) Africa Northern Africa (Libya ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Cyprus , East Aegean Is. , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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