Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Marrubium propinquum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 33 (1835) |
Native Range | Transcaucasus to Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems densely leafy, long hirsute, leaves obovate, dentate, the upper similar, smaller, whorls many flowered, calyx lobes triangular-subulate, setose |
Size | 9-15cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Marrubium coerulescens Desf. Marrubium nanum Knorring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |