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Satureja macrantha C.A.Mey.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesSatureja macrantha C.A.Mey. 
BibliographyIndex Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11(Suppl.): 67 (1864)
Native Rangenw. Iran to e. Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1000-1800m
Descriptionscabrously grey hirsute, leaves thick, linear-spathulate, short, obtuse, patent, whorls few flowered, remote, producing lax spike, calyx tubular campanulate, flowers 15mm
Size20-50cm
Colorpink
Bloomlate summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsSatureja macrosiphonia Bornm.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey)
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