Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomis stewartii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 4: 692 (1885) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 700-1500m |
Description | branchlets densely yellowish hirsute, leaves thick, 4-10cm, elliptic to narrowly oblong, crenate, acute, tomentose, whorls 10-12-flowered in axils of upper leaves, corolla 2cm |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | 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, 16-18°C cuttings in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |