Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia smyrnaea Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 5 (1844) |
Native Range | w. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves pale green, viscid pubescent, long petiolate, crenate, at base cordate, oblong or elliptic, obtuse, flowers of 4-6, verticillate, in raceme |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |