Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium decaisnei C.Presl |
Bibliography | Abh. Königl. Böhm. Gess. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 530 (1845) |
Native Range | Libya to Sinai |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | densely grey hirsute, branchlets thin, subramose, leaves sessile, oblong-linear, margins revolute, obtuse, obtusely pectinate-lobate, flowers in dense, ultimate head |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Teucrium pilosum (Decne.) Asch. & Schweinf. Teucrium polium var. pilosum Decne. Teucrium sinaicum Boiss. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia 34 Western Asia (SIN Sinai) |