Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium divaricatum Sieber ex Heldr. |
Bibliography | Exsicc. (Autogr. Herb. Graec. Norm.) 1856: n.° 290 (1857) |
Native Range | e. Greece to Israel, ne. Libya |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 100-800m |
Description | minutely crisped hirsute, leaves 10-25mm, ovate, shallowly crenate, coriaceous, flowers to 15mm long, in lax, secund spike |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Teucrium divaricatum var. humilior (Bory & Chaub.) Greuter & Rech.f. Teucrium divaricatum ssp. sieberi (Čelak.) Holmboe Teucrium divaricatum var. sieberi (Čelak.) Nyman Teucrium divaricatum ssp. villosum (Čelak.) Rech.f. Teucrium divaricatum var. villosum (Čelak.) Hausskn. Teucrium flavum var. humilior Bory & Chaub. Teucrium sieberi Čelak. Teucrium sieberi var. hirtum Čelak. Teucrium sieberi var. villosum Čelak. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |