Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Scutellaria cretacea Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 685 (1879) |
Native Range | Syria to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | tomentose, stems erect, simple, leaves minute, petiolate, on base truncate, ovate-orbiculate, obtuse, crenate, flowers few in lax, oblong spike, corolla to 3cm |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Scutellaria orientalis ssp. cretacea (Boiss. & Hausskn.) J.R.Edm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |