Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze |
Synonyms | Thymus suaveolens Sm. |
Calamintha acuminata Friv. | |
Calamintha langei Nyman | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine |
Description | grey adpressed softly hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, rigid, acute, sparsely, remotely denticulate, whorls 6-9-flowered, producing long, lax spike |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Turkey-in-Europe ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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