Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Isodon repens (Wall. ex Benth.) Murata |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 22: 21 (1996) |
Native Range | Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 1800-2700m |
Description | hirsute, leaves long petiolate, broadly ovate or orbiculate-cordate, crenate, flowers in narrow raceme, corolla ca. 1cm long, tube erect, sepals short, obtuse |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Plectranthus repens Wall. ex Benth. Rabdosia repens (Wall. ex Benth.) H.Hara |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |