Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Meehania cordata (Nutt.) Britton |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum cordatum Nutt. |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | rooting shoots to 60cm long, leaves 3-6cm long, opposite, broadly ovate, dentate, long petiolate, flowers 25-35mm long, in leafy spike |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A. (Pennsylvania ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Kentucky , North Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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