Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia taraxacifolia Coss. & Balansa |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 253 (1873) |
Native Range | Morocco |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-2400m |
Description | leaves grey-green, persistent, lyrate, in dense basal rosette, abaxially densely white, glandular hirsute, flowers verticillate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pinkish white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |