Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria xylorhiza Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 217 (1848) |
Native Range | sw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | caespitose, branchlets sericeous-hirsute, densely leafy, leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, on both faces grey pubescent, flowers axillary, shortly pedicellate, corolla hirsute, 1cm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | 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 summer |
Synonyms | Micromeria cristata ssp. xylorrhiza (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.) P.H.Davis Satureja cristata ssp. xylorrhiza (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.) Greuter & Burdet |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |