Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Pseudodictamnus mediterranus Salmaki & Siadati |
Bibliography | Taxon 67: 779 (2018) |
Native Range | s. Aegean Reg., sw. Turkey, ne. Libya to nw. Egypt |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 0-1400m |
Description | white lanate, leaves minute, shortly petiolate, ovate-orbiculate, entire, rugose, whorls many flowered, spherical, remote, bracts oblong-spathulate, obtuse |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, early 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 | Ballota dictamnifolia St.-Lag. Ballota pseudodictamnus (L.) Benth. Beringeria pseudodictamnus (L.) Neck. ex Link Marrubium pallidum Salisb. Marrubium pseudodictamnus L. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |