Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria juliana (L.) Benth. ex Rchb. |
Bibliography | Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 311 (1831) |
Native Range | Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-2200m |
Description | pubescent or lanate, leaves sessile, margins revolute, obtuse, the lower ovate-oblong, the other linear, flowers dense in axillary sessile whorls, producing long spike |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | 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 | Clinopodium julianum (L.) Kuntze Micromeria juliana var. angustifolia Vis. Micromeria juliana f. barbatula (K.Malý) Šilic Micromeria juliana var. hirsuta (C.Presl) Benth. Micromeria juliana var. latifolia Vis. Micromeria juliana f. latifolia (Vis.) Šilic Micromeria reinholdii Heldr. ex Boiss. Sabbatia corymbosa Moench Satureja hirsuta C.Presl Satureja juliana L. Satureja juliana f. barbatula K.Malý Satureja parviflora C.Presl Satureja sophia Steud. Satureja spicata Crantz Satureja virgata Stokes |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |