Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum diversifolium Rupr. |
Bibliography | Sert. Tiansch. [F.von der Osten-Saken]: 66 (1869) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1500-4000m |
Description | leaves 2-4cm, ovate, crenate-dentate or ovate-lanceolate, entire, shortly petiolate, flowers in axils of upper leaves producing false whorls, corolla 30-37mm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | blue, pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |