Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta leucolaena Benth. ex Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 4: 662 (1885) |
Native Range | Tibet to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-4000m |
Description | leaves oblong to narrowly ovate, thick, corrugate, white lanate, flowers ca. 15mm long, in interrupted, sometimes branched spike |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | pale blue, white |
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 | Glechoma leucolaena (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze Glechoma salviifolia Kuntze Nepeta royleana R.R.Stewart Nepeta salviifolia Royle ex Benth. Nepeta stewartii Raizada |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |