Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum botryoides Steven |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 266 (1812) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3600m |
Description | cinereous-sericeous, leaves minute, petiolate, ovate-orbiculate, pinnatifid, segments 5-7, ovate or linear, obtuse, whorls crowded in ovoid heads, bracts trifid |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 |
Synonyms | Nepeta pinnatifida Fisch. Ruyschiana botryoides (Steven) House |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |