Stachys cretica L.


Family	LAMIACEAE
Genus species	Stachys cretica L.
Synonyms	Stachys altissima Desf.
	Stachys pungens Banks & Sol.
	Stachys velata Klokov
Habitat	rocky slopes
Description	densely lanate, leaves ovate or wider, 3-10cm long, flowers 15-20mm long in verticillate spike variable
Size	25-60cm
Color	pink
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 early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory	Europe Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Kriti , Turkey-in-Europe ) Eastern Europe (Krym ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Cyprus , Turkey)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	LAMIACEAE Stachys cretica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 581 (1753) Synonyms: Eriostomum creticum (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link ============================================================================= cretica typica ined. Synonyms: Stachys albereana Neyraut & Debeaux Stachys altissima Desf. Stachys cretica velata (Klokov) Greuter & Burdet Stachys pungens Banks & Sol. Stachys velata Klokov se. Europe, Krym, Caucasus, Cyprus, nw. Turkey 13 ALB BUL GRC KRI TUE 14 KRY 33 NCS TCS 34 CYP TUR cretica anatolica Rech.f., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 48: 175 (1937) Turkey 34 TUR cretica bulgarica Rech.f., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 48: 171 (1937) Synonyms: Stachys thracica Davidov e. Balkan Peninsula, nw, Turkey 13 BUL GRC TUE 34 TUR cretica cassia (Boiss.) Rech.f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 534 (1941) Basionym: Sideritis cassia Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 12: 76 (1853) Stachys cassia (Boiss.) Boiss. Stachys germanica cassia (Boiss.) Briq. Balkan Peninsula, s. Turkey 13 ALB BUL GRC YUG 34 TUR cretica garana (Boiss.) Rech.f., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 48: 176 (1937) Basionym: Stachys garana Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 12: 76 (1853) Synonyms: Stachys cretica garana (Boiss.) Boiss. Stachys germanica garana (Boiss.) Briq. w. Iran, Iraq. s. & e. Turkey 34 IRN IRQ TUR cretica kutahyensis Akcicek, Turkish J. Bot. 34: 132 (2010) w. Turkey 34 TUR cretica lesbiaca Rech.f., ibid. Aegean Islands, w. Turkey 13 GRC 34 EAI TUR cretica mersinaea (Boiss.) Rech.f., ibid. Basionym: Stachys mersinaea Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2. 4: 37 (1859) Synonyms Stachys germanica mersinaea (Boiss.) Briq. Stachys cretica paniculata Boiss. Syria, s. & e. Turkey 34 LBS TUR cretica salviifolia (Ten.) Rech.f., ibid. Basionym: Stachys salviifolia Ten., Prodr. Fl. Napol. 34 (1812) Synonyms: Eriostomum salviifolium (Ten.) C.Presl Stachys germanica salviifolia (Ten.) Gams Stachys germanica boissieri Briq. s. France, se. Europe, Krym 12 FRA 13 ALB BUL GRC ITA SIC TUE YUG 14 KRY cretica smyrnaea Rech.f., ibid. Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Turkey 13 TUE 34 CYP EAI TUR cretica trapezuntica Rech.f., ibid. ne. Turkey 34 TUR cretica vacillans Rech.f., ibid. Lebanon, Israel, s. Turkey 34 LBS PAL TUR