Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium betulifolium (Boiss. & Balansa) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
Native Range | Syria to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves pale green, strigose, petiolate, at base truncate, ovate, acutely dentate, acute, cymes 5-7-flowered, shortly pedicellate, bracts oblong-rhombic, acute |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Calamintha betulifolia Boiss. & Balansa Calamintha betulifolia ssp. cilicica Contandr. & Quézel Drymosiphon betulifolius (Boiss. & Balansa) Melnikov Satureja betulifolia (Boiss. & Balansa) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |