Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta sibirica L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl.: 572 (1753) |
Native Range | Siberia to n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 500-2700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, triangular-oblong, 3-9cm, denticulate, abaxially yellow glandular, floral whorls lax, in upper part of stem, flowers 20-29mm long, sparsely pubescent |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
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, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum sibiricum (L.) L. Glechoma sibirica (L.) Kuntze Moldavica elata Moench Nepeta macrantha Fisch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) 37 Mongolia |