Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Obtegomeria caerulescens (Benth.) Doroszenko & P.D.Cantino |
Bibliography | Novon 8: 2 (1998) |
Native Range | Colombia (Sierra de Santa Marta) |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | densely leafy, pubescent, leaves minute, oblong, obtuse, sessile, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent erect, whorls 2-6-flowered, calyx 5mm, corolla pubescent |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Calamintha caerulescens (Benth.) Wedd. Clinopodium caerulescens (Benth.) Kuntze Hedeoma caerulescens Benth. Satureja caerulescens (Benth.) Epling Satureja lindeniana Briq. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |