Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 3: 382 (1833) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3300m |
Description | leaves oblong to lanceolate, 10-30cm long, at base more or less cordate, adaxially finely corrugate, abaxially densely white lanate, flowers ca. 25mm long in verticillate spike |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | pale purple, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Phlomis dichroa Rech.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |