Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntz |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 516 (1891) |
Native Range | se. Europe to nw. & w. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
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 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 |
Synonyms | Acinos heterophyllus G.Don Acinos suaveolens (Sm.) G.Don Acinos suaveolens ssp. bulgaricus Chrtek Acinos suaveolens ssp. kalampacanus Chrtek Acinos suaveolens ssp. thessalicus Chrtek Calamintha acinoides (Ten.) Nyman Calamintha acuminata Friv. Calamintha langei Nyman Calamintha patavina Heldr. ex Nyman Calamintha rotundifolia Rchb.f. Calamintha suaveolens (Sm.) Boiss. Melissa acinoides (Ten) Nyman Melissa suaveolens (Sm.) Nyman Satureja suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze Thymus acinoides Ten. Thymus melissoides Bernh. ex Rchb. Thymus melissoides Schweigg. Thymus suaveolens Sm. Ziziphora suaveolens (Sm.) Melnikov |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |