Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium montbretii Benth. |
Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 6: 56 (1836) |
Native Range | nw. Syria to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | sericeous lanate, leaves shortly petiolate, at base truncate, ovate to oblong, coarsely crenate, bracts lanceolate, acute, flowers in compact, oblong spike |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 spring and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |