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Stachys aegyptiaca Pers.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesStachys aegyptiaca Pers. 
BibliographySyn. Pl. 2: 124 (1806)
Native RangeEgypt to Israel
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionappresed lanate-tomentose, branchlets flexuous, leaves subsessile, oblong or linear, obtuse, whorls 2-flowered, producing raceme, calyx tubular-campanulate, tomentose
Size15-30cm
Colorpink-purple
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsStachys affinis Fresen.
Stachys boveana Bois
Stachys palaestina Vahl
Stachys pauciflora Benth.
Territory2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia)
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