Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss. |
Synonyms | Micromeria spicigera K.Koch |
Satureja alternipilosa (K.Koch) K.Koch | |
Satureja diffusa Benth. ex Boiss. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 500-1500m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves deep green, narrowly oblanceolate-linear to linear-subulate, acute, soft, cymes 3-flowered, crowded in secund spike |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
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 |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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