| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthoprasium frutescens (L.) Spenn. |
| Bibliography | Gen. Fl. Germ. [T.F.L.Nees von Esenbeck] Gamop.: 2 (1843) |
| Native Range | sw. Alps |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | very ramose, leaves shortly petiolate, ovate-rhombic, coarsely crenate, flowers in whorls of 2-6, bracts spinose, calyx lanate, lobes ovate, aristate, corolla 15mm long |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | 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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ballota frutescens (L.) J.Wood. Ballota frutescens var. nummularia Briq. Ballota frutescens var. parcepubescens Briq. Ballota frutescens var. velutina Briq. Ballota spinosa Link Beringeria frutescens (L.) Rchb. Moluccella frutescens L. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |