Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Ajuga lupulina Maxim. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-4200m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, lanceolate to rhombic, 5-11cm, crenate or subentire, obtuse, bracts 3-5cm, ovate, white to purple, flowers narrowly infundibuliform, 18-25mm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white, whitish green |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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, 10-13°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam , East Himalaya , Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
lupulina major Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 242 (1912)
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