Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta mariae Regel |
Synonyms | Nepeta pulchella Pojark. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-3300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, on base rounded, coarsely acutely dentate, whorls dense, sessile, many flowered, forming ovate or oblong spike, calyx hirsute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
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, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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