Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys spinosa L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 581 (1753) |
Native Range | s. Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | crowded mass of campylotropous branchlets, trailing, apically softly spinose, grey-silvery, leaves in pairs, crowded at base, upwards smaller, flowers axillary |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) |