Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Sideritis ovata Cav. |
Bibliography | Icon. 1: 36 (1791) |
Native Range | n. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stoloniferous, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, leaves oblong to elliptic, crenate-serrate, long petiolate, whorls 4-8, 6-flowered, crowded into short spike, flowers 8-10mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Sideritis cantabrica Arizaga |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |