Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Betonica nivea Steven |
Synonyms | Stachys discolor Benth. |
Stachys nivea (Steven) Benth. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves 25-40mm long, oblong-lanceolate, deeply crenate, rugose, dark green adaxially, abaxially white hirsute, flowers ca. 2cm long in verticillate spike |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
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, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
nivea abchasica N.P.Popov ex Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 3: 309 (1932)
nivea ossetica Bornm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 372 (1936)
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