Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl |
Bibliography | Symb. Bot. 1: 42 (1790) |
Native Range | Turkmenistan to s. & e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-3660m |
Description | long adpressed hirsute, leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuate to long petiole, whorls 4-6-flowered, remote or approximate in oblong raceme |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | bright pink |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | Sideritis calycantha M.Bieb. Stachys boissieri Kapeller Stachys calycantha M.Bieb. Stachys lavandulifolia var. glabrescens R.Bhattacharjee & Hub.-Mor. Stachys tomentosa Bunge Stachys zuvandica Rzazade Zietenia lavandulifolia (Vahl) Link Zietenia orientalis Gled. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |