Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys candida Bory & Chaub. |
Bibliography | Expéd. Sci. Morée, Bot.: 167 (1832) |
Native Range | Greece (Taygetos) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely, softly sericeous lanate, leaves shortly petiolate, ovate, obtuse, obscurely crenate, whorls 4-6-flowered, approximate in oblong spike, flowers purple variegate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |