Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium leucocladum Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 44 (1844) |
Native Range | Egypt to sw. Jordan |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | apressed grey hispid, branchlets thick, rigid, ramose, leaves minute, subsessile, cuneate-obovate, obtuse, subcrenate, flowers in dense subspherical head |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Teucrium cuneifolium Schimp. ex Boiss. Teucrium schimperi C.Presl |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |