Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. |
Bibliography | Leiden Bot. Ser. 4: 62 (1980) |
Native Range | n. Iraq to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-3000m |
Description | leaves subsessile, ovate, 5-30mm, obtuse, glaucous, bracts suborbiculate to elliptic, yellow-green, whorls 2-12-flowered, flowers 10-16mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Amaracus haussknechtii var. acutidens Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |