Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Marrubium velutinum Sm. |
Bibliography | Fl. Graec. Prodr. [J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith] 1: 412 (1809) |
Native Range | n. & c. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2400m |
Description | leaves densely yellow sericeous, orbiculate, crenate, the lower petiolate, the upper smaller, subsessile, whorls many flowered, large, remote, bracts numerous, thin, subulate |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 | Marrubium circinnatum Desr. Marrubium haussknechtii Hausskn. Marrubium parnassicum Reut. ex Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |