Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja macrantha C.A.Mey. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11(Suppl.): 67 (1864) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1800m |
Description | scabrously grey hirsute, leaves thick, linear-spathulate, short, obtuse, patent, whorls few flowered, remote, producing lax spike, calyx tubular campanulate, flowers 15mm |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Satureja macrosiphonia Bornm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |