Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth. |
Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 378 (1834) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to sc. China and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 900-4000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, 4-5mm, conspicuously golden yellow glandular, entire, acute, whorls 1-2-flowered, calyx shortly tubular, ciliate, flowers ca. 6mm long, sparsely puberulent |
Size | 15-30cm |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Clinopodium biflorum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze Micromeria biflora var. hispida Kitam. & Murata Micromeria biflora var. indica Elly Walther & K.H.Walther Satureja biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Briq. Thymus biflorus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, IND India, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |