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Satureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesSatureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss. 
SynonymsMicromeria spicigera K.Koch
 Satureja alternipilosa (K.Koch) K.Koch
 Satureja diffusa Benth. ex Boiss.
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude500-1500m
Descriptionstems densely leafy, leaves deep green, narrowly oblanceolate-linear to linear-subulate, acute, soft, cymes 3-flowered, crowded in secund spike
Size5-10cm
Colorwhite
Bloomlate summer, autumn
Ca
Typesubshrub, carpet
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed 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)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

LAMIACEAE

Satureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 566 (1879)

Basionym:
Micromeria spicigera K.Koch, Linnaea 17(3): 295 (1844)

Synonyms:
Clinopodium spicigerum (K.Koch) Kuntze

Clinopodium alternipilosum (K.Koch) Kuntze
Hyssopus majae A.P.Khokhr.
Micromeria alternipilosa K.Koch
Satureja alternipilosa (K.Koch) K.Koch
Satureja diffusa Benth. ex Boiss.

Caucasus, nw. Iran, ne. Turkey
33 NCS TCS 34 IRN TUR

500-1500m

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