Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta podostachys Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 372 (1848) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2700-4100m |
Description | stems pubescent, lower leaves petiolate, ovate, the upper oblong-lanceolate to linear, subsessile, remotely serrate, flowers verticillate in long, interrupted spike |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | white, lilac blue |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma maracandia (Bunge) Kuntze Glechoma podostachys (Benth.) Kuntze Nepeta kandagarica Kudr. Nepeta maracandia Bunge Nepeta podostachys var. hypoluciphylla Reshi |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |