Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta brevifolia C.A.Mey. |
Synonyms | Nepeta lamifolia Benth. |
Nepeta longiflora Fisch. ex Benth. | |
Habitat | screes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | stem leaves broadly ovate, at base cordate, obtuse, obtusely dentate, shortly densely hirsute, petiolate, whorls few flowered, producing small, lax head, flowers 15-20mm long |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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