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Teucrium creticum L.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesTeucrium creticum L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 563 (1753)
Native Rangee. Medit.
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionbranchlets virgate, glabrous, leaves adaxially green, margins revolute, entire, elliptic-linear, remote, flowers solitary, pedicellate, producing long interrupted raceme
Size20-45cm
Colorpurple-blue
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late spring and late summer
SynonymsChamaedrys cretica (L.) Raf.
Teucrium charamoniense Cav.
Teucrium hyssopifolium Schreb.
Teucrium rosmarinifolium Lam.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey)
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