Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium creticum L. |
Synonyms | Teucrium charamoniense Cav. |
Teucrium hyssopifolium Schreb. | |
Teucrium rosmarinifolium Lam. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets virgate, glabrous, leaves adaxially green, margins revolute, entire, elliptic-linear, remote, flowers solitary, pedicellate, producing long interrupted raceme |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | purple-blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 spring and late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Cyprus , 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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