Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys benthamiana Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 734 (1879) |
Native Range | w. Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | stems glandular-viscid, ramose, leaves minute, shortly petiolate, ovate-oblong, dentate, cordate or truncate, whorls 4-6-flowered, bracts subulate, calyx campanulate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |