Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Origanum calcaratum Juss. |
Bibliography | Gen. Pl.: 115 (1789) |
Native Range | Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 50-700m |
Description | villous or glabrous, leaves 15-30mm, broadly ovate to orbiculate, entire, subsessile, glaucous, spikelets producing panicle, bracts purpurascens, broadly eliptic |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Amaracus tournefortii (Aiton) Benth. Beltokon tournefortii (Aiton) Raf. Origanum tournefortii Aiton |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |