Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium alpestre Sm. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith] 1: 395 (1809) |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | adpressed lanate, pale green, leaves minute, subsessile, obovate-cuneate, obtuse, crenate-lobate, flowers shortly pedicellate, opposite, in terminal lax head |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, early 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 spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Teucrium gossypinum Rech.f. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |