Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomis floccosa D.Don |
Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1300 (1830) |
Native Range | Crete, n. Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | floccose-lanate, leaves rugose, ovate-oblong, cordate, petiolate, whorls 3-5, remote, many flowered, bracts linear, calyx lobes long subulate-mucronate |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 16-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Phlomis bicolor (Viv.) Benth. Phlomis samia var. bicolor Viv. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) |