Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum peregrinum L. |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum politowii Gand. |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 15-22mm, shortly spiny denticulate, floral whorls 4-6-flowered, bracts elliptic, with two spiny teeth, flowers 22-28mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | bluish purple |
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, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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