Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium subspinosum Pourr. ex Willd. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl.: 596 (1809) |
Native Range | Baleares |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets apically with silvery grey spine, leaves crowded, carnose, opposite, small, linear, at base rounded, shiny green adaxially, silvery grey abaxially, flowers in raceme |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | purple, lilac |
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 spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Teucrium marum var. spinescens Porta Teucrium marum ssp. spinescens (Porta) Valdés Berm. Teucrium marum var. subspinosum (Pourr. ex Willd.) Arcang. Teucrium marum f. subspinosum (Pourr. ex Willd.) Knoche Teucrium marum ssp. subspinosum (Pourr. ex Willd.) O.Bolós & al. Teucrium subspinosum ssp. spinescens (Porta) Romo Teucrium subspinosum var. spinescens (Porta) Pau |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares) |