Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta cyanea Steven |
Synonyms | Nepeta acinifolia Spreng. |
Nepeta incana M.Bieb. | |
Nepeta kubanica Pojark. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | appresed hirsute, leaves petiolate, rugose, oblong-cuneate, crenate, stem leaves elliptic-linear, flowers in axillary cymes, calyx grey tomentose |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
cyanea biebersteiniana Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 470 (1877)
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