Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium serpyllifolium (M.Bieb.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
Native Range | ne. Balkan Peninsula to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | stems grey tomentose, leaves shortly petiolate, oblong-ovate, entire or obscurely dentate, inflorescence paniculate, whorls many flowered, flowers thinly pedicellate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | pale lilac |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Calamintha spicigera K.Koch Melissa serpyllifolia (M.Bieb.) Nyman Micromeria fruticosa ssp. serpyllifolia (M.Bieb.) P.H.Davis Micromeria microcalyx (Boiss.) Peyr. Micromeria serpyllifolia (M.Bieb.) Boiss. Micromeria serpyllifomia var. microcalyx Boiss. Nepeta serpyllifolia M.Bieb. Satureja serpyllifolia (M.Bieb.) Briq. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |