Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja spinosa L. |
Bibliography | Cent. Pl. II: 19 (1756) |
Native Range | Crete to sw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 800-2400m |
Description | erinaceous, branchlets tipped with spine, leaves minute, obovate-lanceolate, acute, at base attenuate, flowers few, axillary, solitary, subsessile, calyx scabrously hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Clinopodium spinosum (L.) Kuntze |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |