Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Ballota macrodonta Boiss. & Balansa |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 4: 54 (1859) |
Native Range | s. Turkey (Nigde) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2000m |
Description | leaves cordate, ovate-orbiculate, crenate, adaxially green, abaxially appresed hirsute, petiolate, whorls 1-4-flowered, approximate, calyx cylindrical |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |