Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomis rigida Labill. |
Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Syr. 3: 15 (1809) |
Native Range | w. Iran to Syria and c. & s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | stems adpressed pilose, leaves tomentose, pale green, oblong, the basal long petiolate, the upper sessile, whorls many flowered, remote, bracts subulate |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Anemitis rigida (Labill.) Raf. Phlomis shepardii Post |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |