Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta supina Steven |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 265 (1812) |
Native Range | Caucasus to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1800-3000m |
Description | papilose-pubescent, leaves subsessile, minute, ovate, cuneate, crenate, whorls 2-3-flowered producing ovate spike, bracts lanceolate, calyx hirsute, corolla tube curvate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | blue, bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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 caucasicum Lipsky & Akinf. Glechoma supina (Steven) Kuntze Nepeta caucasica Sommier & Levier Nepeta fissa Benth. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |