Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta cephalotes Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 20 (1844) |
Native Range | c. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | white tomentose, leaves minute, thick, at base truncate, ovate-orbiculate, crenate, rugose, subsessile, flowers in long pedicellate, spherical head, bracts lanceolate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma cephalotes (Boiss.) Kuntze Nepeta longipetiolata Rech.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |