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Teucrium canum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesTeucrium canum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 
BibliographyIndex Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 40 (1835)
Native RangeCaucasus
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionappresed grey pubescent, leaves oblong, at base and at apex tapered, dentate, flowers in whorls of 2-4 producing spike, calyx lobes triangular, acute, corolla longer than calyx
Size15-30cm
Colorpale purple, rose
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late spring and late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
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