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Satureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesSatureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss. 
BibliographyFl. Orient. 4: 566 (1879)
Native RangeCaucaus to nw. Iran and ne. Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude500-1500m
Descriptionstems densely leafy, leaves deep green, narrowly oblanceolate-linear to linear-subulate, acute, soft, cymes 3-flowered, crowded in secund spike
Size5-10cm
Colorwhite
Bloomlate summer, autumn
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny 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
SynonymsClinopodium alternipilosum (K.Koch) Kuntze
Clinopodium spicigerum (K.Koch) Kuntze
Hyssopus majae A.P.Khokhr.
Micromeria alternipilosa K.Koch
Micromeria spicigera K.Koch
Satureja alternipilosa (K.Koch) K.Koch
Satureja diffusa Benth. ex Boiss.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey)
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