Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Origanum libanoticum Boiss. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | subglabrous, leaves pale green, ovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate, flowers small, sessile, inflorescence spicate, bracts red, ovate, acute, longer than calyx |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | 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, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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