Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Origanum libanoticum Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 14 (1844) |
Native Range | Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | subglabrous, leaves pale green, ovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate, flowers small, sessile, inflorescence spicate, bracts red, ovate, acute, longer than calyx |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | 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, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Amaracus libanoticus (Boiss.) Briq. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |