Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Lavandula cariensis Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 3 (1844) |
Native Range | East Aegean Islands to nw. & w. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | thinly sericeous, green, leaves linear, margins revolute, acute, flowers in long pedunculate, oblong spikes, calyx long hirsute, cylindrical |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Lavandula pedunculata ssp. cariensis (Boiss.) Upson & S.Andrews Lavandula spectabilis K.Koch Lavandula stoechas ssp. cariensis (Boiss.) Rozeira |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |