Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia modesta Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 621 (1879) |
Native Range | c. & s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | lower leaves rugose, petiolate, oblong or ovate, obtuse, denticulate, leaves in inflorescence membranous, violet, ovate, whorls 4-6-flowered producing panicle |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | violet |
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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |