Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium canum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 40 (1835) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | appresed 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 |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale purple, rose |
Bloom | late 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |