Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta kokanica Regel |
Synonyms | Nepeta pamiroalaica Lipsky |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2400-5000m |
Description | grey or white hirsute, leaves petiolate, stem leaves orbiculate, dentate, flowers in terminal head, corolla 15-18mm long, pubescent and glandular |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | bluish |
Bloom | late 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 , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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