| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth. |
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| Native Range | ne. Afghanistan to China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| 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 |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 |
| Synonyms | Dracocephalum acanthoides Edgew. Dracocephalum batalinii Krasn. ex Lipsky Dracocephalum gobi Krasn. Dracocephalum gobianum Krasn. ex Lipsky Dracocephalum kaschygaricum Rupr. Dracocephalum pamiricum Briq. Ruyschiana heterophylla (Benth.) House |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita) 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |
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