Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria lanata (C.Sm. ex Link) Benth. |
Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 374 (1834) |
Native Range | Canary Islands (Gran Canaria) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | very ramose, branchlets on apex ascendent, lanate, leaflets acicular, carnose, silvery arachnose-hirsute, flowers minute, calyx lanate, to 2cm, corolla bilabiate |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | whitish, pink |
Bloom | spring, early 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Clinopodium lanatum (C.Sm. ex Link) Kuntze Satureja lanata C.Sm. ex Link |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |