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Marrubium propinquum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesMarrubium propinquum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 
BibliographyIndex Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 33 (1835)
Native RangeTranscaucasus to Iran
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionstems densely leafy, long hirsute, leaves obovate, dentate, the upper similar, smaller, whorls many flowered, calyx lobes triangular-subulate, setose
Size9-15cm
Colorpale rose
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsMarrubium coerulescens Desf.
Marrubium nanum Knorring
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran)
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