Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys fruticulosa M.Bieb. |
Bibliography | Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.: 115 (1798) |
Native Range | Caucasus to w. & sc. Iran and ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | sparsely hirsute, green, leaves subsessile, oblong-lanceolate or linear, subentire, flowers of two in remote whorls |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | pale purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Stachys araxina Kapeller Stachys fruticulosa ssp. grossheimii (Kapeller) Menitsky Stachys fruticulosa var. leptophylla K.Koch Stachys fruticulosa var. macrocheilos (Boiss.) Boiss. Stachys grossheimi Kappeller Stachys macrocheilos Boiss. Stachys sosnowskyi Kapeller |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |