Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia hypochionaea Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 8 (1844) |
Native Range | nw. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems simple, basal leaves crowded, adaxially green, abaxially grey hirsute, petiolate, ovate or oblong, obtuse, whorls 4-6-flowered, remote, producing raceme |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |