| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Clinopodium nubigenum (Kunth) Kuntze |
| Synonyms | Thymus nubigenus Kunth |
| Thymus humifusus Willd. ex Benth. | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2300-4500m |
| Description | leaves 2-4mm, rhombic-ovate, obtuse, at base rounded, petiolate, subentire, hirsute, whorls 2-flowered, flowers subsessile, calyx hirsute, lobes acute |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub, carpet |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Northern South America (Venezuela ) Western South America (Colombia , Ecuador , Peru) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | LAMIACEAE
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