Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Sideritis spinulosa Barnades ex Asso |
Bibliography | Intr. Oryctogr. Aragon.: 171 (1784) |
Native Range | nc. & ne. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glabrescent to villose-tomentose, leaves linear or lanceolate with 2-6 lateral spines, whorls 5-12, 6-flowered, crowded, flowers 8-9mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Sideritis scordioides var. grandiflora Benth. Sideritis spinosa L. Sideritis spinosa var. subspinosa (Cav.) Willk. Sideritis spinulosa var. intermedia (Font Quer) O.Bolós & Vigo Sideritis spinulosa ssp. subspinosa (Cav.) Molero Sideritis subspinosa Cav. Sideritis subspinosa f. intermedia Font Quer |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |