Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Micromeria sinaica Benth. |
Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 380 (1834) |
Native Range | Israel to Sinai |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey pubescent, leaves minute, remote, subsessile, ovate, margins revolute, upper leaves oblong, flowers numerous, subsessile in remote whorls, producing spike |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Clinopodium sinaicum (Benth.) Kuntze Satureja sinaica (Benth.) Briq. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |