Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium brevifolium Schreb. |
Bibliography | Pl. Verticill. Unilab. Gen. Sp.: xxvii (1773) |
Native Range | s. & e. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves grey sericeous, oblong or linear, margins revolute, entire, flowers opposite, pedicellate, forming short raceme, calyx campanulate, corolla striate |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |