Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum velutinum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3400-4000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, 15-50mm, subglabrous, abaxially white pubescent, crenate, obtuse, floral whorls in head, bracts purple-green, corolla 20-24mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
velutinum intermedium C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang, ibid.
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