Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja parnassica Heldr. & Sartori ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 563 (1879) |
Native Range | sc. to s. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 500-2400m |
Description | leaves minute, obovate or spathulate-linear, acute, at base attenuate, hirsute, abaxially carinate, flowers subsessile in axils of upper leaves, bracts elliptic-linear |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | late 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |