| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Nepeta menthoides Boiss. & Buhse |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-3300m |
| Description | densely grey tomentose, leaves shortly petiolate, cuneate, oblong, acute, denticulate, whorls sessile, few flowered, approximate in narrow, oblong spike, bracts linear |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late spring, 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, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran , Iraq) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | LAMIACEAE
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