Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Satureja atropatana Bunge |
Bibliography | Labiat. Persic.: 36 (1873) |
Native Range | nw. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | subglabrous, leaves remote, obovate-oblong, obtuse, the upper canaliculate, cymes in elongate raceme, flowers pedicellate, numerous, calyx lobes short, deltate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |