| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Marrubium astracanicum Jacq. |
| Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 11, t. 109 (1787) |
| Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | leaves grey sericeous, the lower linear, upper leaves obovate orbiculate, cuneate, petiolate, at apex crenate, whorls 3-5, many flowered, bracts subulate, acerose, rigid |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Marrubium brachyodon Boiss. Marrubium goktschaicum Popov Marrubium kotschyi Boiss. & Hohen. Marrubium kurdicum (Bornm.) Nábělek Marrubium noeanum Boiss. Marrubium purpureum Bunge Marrubium purpureum var. kurdicum Bornm. Marrubium turkeviczii Knorring |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |