Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium congestum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
Native Range | e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-1900m |
Description | middle leaves broadly ovate to orbiculate, thick, obtuse, obscurely dentate, densely appressed pilose, flowers in elongate inflorescence, corolla ca. 6mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Micromeria congesta Boiss. & Hausskn. Micromeria shepardii (Post) Post Nepeta shepardii Post Satureja congesta (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Briq. Satureja shepardii (Post) Greuter & Burdet |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |