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Cyclotrichium origanifolium (Labill.) Manden. & Scheng.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesCyclotrichium origanifolium (Labill.) Manden. & Scheng. 
BibliographyBot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 15: 337 (1953)
Native RangeLebanon to sw. & s. Turkey
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude1300-2200m
Descriptiongrey sericeous, leaves remote, minute, sessile, suborbiculate, obtuse, entire, punctate, whorls 3-4, many flowered, remote, bracts linear-lanceolate
Size20-30cm
Colorwhite, rose
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
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 summer
SynonymsCalamintha florida Boiss.
Calamintha glomerulosa Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.
Calamintha labillardierei (Briq.) Bornm.
Calamintha origanifolia (Labill.) Boiss.
Clinopodium floridum (Boiss.) Kuntze
Clinopodium origanifolium Labill.
Cyclotrichium floridum (Boiss.) Manden. & Scheng.
Melissa origanifolia (Labill.) Boiss.
Micromeria origanifolia (Labill.) Benth.
Satureja florida (Boiss.) Briq.
Satureja labillardierei Briq.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
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