Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys chrysantha Boiss. & Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 7: 56 (1846) |
Native Range | s. Greece (Lakonia) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 0-1600m |
Description | densely grey lanate, leaves shortly petiolate, ovate-orbiculate, obscurely crenate, whorls 4-6-flowered, approximate in lax spike, bracts minute, calyx campanulate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early 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 | Stachys candida ssp. chrysantha (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |