Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria hispida Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 215 (1848) |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-1750m |
Description | densely adpressed pubescent, leaves 3-6mm, triangular-ovate to elliptic, acute, entire, flat, subsessile, whorls 1-6-flowered, flowers 5-8mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
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 | Clinopodium hispidum (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.) Kuntze Satureja candica Greuter & Burdet Satureja graeca var. hispida (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.) Briq. Satureja hispida (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.) Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |