Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja boissieri Hausskn. ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 565 (1879) |
Native Range | n. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely leafy, leaves punctate, sparsely scabrous-hirsute, elliptic-linear, at base attenuate, obtuse, flowers verticillate in compact spike, calyx adpressed hirsute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white, rose |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |