Table 1.

Major environmental characteristics for nine southern Spanish populations of Rosmarinus

Habitat	Site*	Rainfall† (mm)	January temperature‡ (°C)	Frosty days§	Altitude (m a.s.l.)
Coast	1. Punta Umbría	729	12·3	<1	30
	2. Mazagón	562	12·3	<1	15
	3. Barbate	497	13·6	<1	60
Lowland	4. Hinojos	576	11·1	1–20	100
	5. Aznalcázar	667	11·3	1–20	80
	6. Gerena	647	11·2	1–20	150
Mountain	7. Aracena	874	10·7	>20	600
	8. Carcabuey	794	9·6	>20	700
	9. Cazorla	1079	8·7	>20	1100

^*The numbers identify the populations in Fig. 4.

^†Total precipitation during 2002.

^‡Averaged lowest and highest temperatures during January 2002.

^§Yearly averages for the period 1961–1990.