Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomis lanata Willd. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 41 (1814) |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1700 |
Description | ramose, branchlets floccose-lanate, leaves minute, ovate or elliptic, obtuse, adaxially green, abaxially white lanate, whorls 1-2, 6-8-flowered, bracts oblong, calyx tomentose |
Size | 20-55cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 16-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Phlomis microphylla Sieber Phlomis parvifolia C.Presl |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |