Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria maderensis Puppo & Bräuchler |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 230: 17 (2015) |
Native Range | Madeira |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | aromatic, very ramose, branchlets quadrangular, leaves opposite, lanceolate, entire, involute, to 15mm, glabrous to hirsute, flowers in whorls, corolla 6mm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | rose, violet |
Bloom | spring, 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 summer |
Synonyms | Micromeria thymoides (Sol. ex Lowe) Webb & Berthel. Micromeria thymoides ssp. cacuminicolae (P.Pérez) Rivas Mart. Micromeria varia var. cacuminicolae P.Pérez Micromeria varia ssp. thymoides (Sol. ex Lowe) P.Pérez Satureja ericifolia ssp. thymoides (Sol. ex Lowe) R.H.Willemse Satureja thymoides Sol. ex Lowe Satureja varia var. cacuminicolae (P.Pérez) A.Hansen & Sunding Satureja varia ssp. thymoides (Sol. ex Lowe) A.Hansen & Sunding |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (MDR Madeira) |