Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth. |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum acanthoides Edgew. |
Dracocephalum gobi Krasn. | |
Dracocephalum pamiricum Briq. | |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-5500m |
Description | leaves aromatic, coriaceous, oblong-ovate, crenate or serrate, whorls 4-8-flowered, bracts spinescent, calyx green, flowers 2-4cm long, white or yellow pubescent |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
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, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
heterophyllum ovalifolium A.L.Budantsev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 72(1): 93 (1987)
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