Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium creticum L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 563 (1753) |
Native Range | e. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets virgate, glabrous, leaves adaxially green, margins revolute, entire, elliptic-linear, remote, flowers solitary, pedicellate, producing long interrupted raceme |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | purple-blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 | Chamaedrys cretica (L.) Raf. Teucrium charamoniense Cav. Teucrium hyssopifolium Schreb. Teucrium rosmarinifolium Lam. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |