Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Origanum sipyleum L. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-1500m |
Description | basally hirsute, otherwise glabrous, stems virgate, leaves minute, ovate, glaucous, entire, stem leaves sessile, acute, flowers in ovoid-oblong spikes producing panicle |
Size | 20-30cm |
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 month, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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