Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Betonica macrantha K.Koch |
Bibliography | Linnaea 21: 683 (1849) |
Native Range | Caucasus to nw. Iran and ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1600-3000m |
Description | pubescent or lanate, leaves broadly ovate, cordate, obtuse, broadly crenate-dentate, long petiolate, flowers in whorls, bracts broadly ovate, flowers 25-30mm long |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Betonica grandiflora Stephan ex Willd. Betonica rosea Prien. ex Hornem. Clinopodium grandiflorum Gueldenst. ex M.Bieb. Stachys grandiflora (Stephan ex Willd.) Benth. Stachys macrantha (K.Koch) Stearn |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |