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Origanum calcaratum Juss.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesOriganum calcaratum Juss. 
BibliographyGen. Pl.: 115 (1789)
Native RangeAegean Islands
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude50-700m
Descriptionvillous or glabrous, leaves 15-30mm, broadly ovate to orbiculate, entire, subsessile, glaucous, spikelets producing panicle, bracts purpurascens, broadly eliptic
Size20-30cm
Colorpink
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in spring
SynonymsAmaracus tournefortii (Aiton) Benth.
Beltokon tournefortii (Aiton) Raf.
Origanum tournefortii Aiton
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.)
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