Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta nervosa Royle ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 3: 378 (1833) |
Native Range | Tibet to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4100-4300m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 5-10cm, green or abaxially grey hirsute, serrate, acuminate, flowers sessile, 10-15mm long |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma nervosa (Royle ex Benth.) Kuntze Nepeta campestris Hook.f. & Thomson Nepeta nervosa var. lutea Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |