Family | SOLANACEAE |
Genus species | Mandragora autumnalis Bertol. |
Bibliography | Elench. Pl. Hort. Bot. Bon.: 6 (1820) |
Native Range | Medit. to w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | root carnose, lower leaves broadly ovate-oblong, large, corrugate, sinuate-lobate, subglabrous, flowers solitary, calyx lobes lanceolate, petals oblong |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | winter, spring |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mandragora foemina Garsault Mandragora haussknechtii Heldr. Mandragora hispanica Vierh. Mandragora hybrida Hausskn. & Heldr. Mandragora microcarpa Bertol. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |