Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia macilenta Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 13 (1844) |
Native Range | s. Iran to Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves linear-oblong, crenate, deep green, abaxially pilose, shortly petiolate, flowers of 2-4 in approximate whorls, corolla 6-7mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale lilac, purple |
Bloom | spring |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pleudia macilenta (Boiss.) M.Will & al. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |