Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 85: 20 (1935) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-5200m |
Description | grey hirsute, leaves 3-5cm, oblong, obtuse, petiolate, crenate, corrugate, reticulate, whorls 2-6-flowered, remote, calyx campanulate, lobes ovate, obtuse |
Size | 10-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alguelagum clinopodioides (Griseb.) Kuntze Alguelagum tenuiflorum (Benth.) Kuntze Sphacele clinopodioides Griseb. Sphacele meyenii (Walp.) J.F.Macbr. Sphacele tenuiflora Benth. Stachys meyenii Walp. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest) |