Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta racemosa Lam. |
Synonyms | Nepeta cyanotricha Tausch |
Nepeta elbursensis Rech.f. | |
Nepeta obtusata E.Mey. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | leaves ovate, cordate, grey-green, adaxially distinctly veined, abaxially pallid, 1-3cm long, flowers to 18mm long in lax spike, calyx mauve |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | bluish lilac, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | tuft |
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 (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
acemosa crassifolia (Boiss. & Buhse) A.L.Budantsev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 77(1): 122 (1992)
racemosa haussknechtii (Bornm.) A.L.Budantsev, ibid.
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