Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta murcica Guirao ex. Willk. |
Bibliography | Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 15: 218 (1857) |
Native Range | s. & se. Spain, Morocco |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | grey tomentose, stem leaves shortly petiolate, cordate-lanceolate, crenate to serrate, the upper entire, long acuminate, flowers numerous in lax whorls |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 mallophora (Webb & Heldr.) Kuntze Nepeta amethystina ssp. anticaria (Ladero & Rivas Goday) Cabezudo & al. Nepeta amethystina var. anticaria Ladero & Rivas Goday Nepeta amethystina var. bourgaei (Briq.) Ubera a Valdés Nepeta amethystina var. intermedia Rouy Nepeta amethystina ssp. mallophora (Webb & Heldr.) Ubera & Valdés Nepeta amethystina ssp. microglandulosa Molero Nepeta amethystina ssp. murcica (Guirao ex Willk.) Nyman Nepeta imbricata Lag. ex Spreng. Nepeta mallophora Webb & Heldr. Nepeta mallophora ssp. anticaria (Ladero & Rivas Goday) M.B.Crespo & al. Nepeta mallophora ssp. bourgaei (Briq.) M.B.Crespo & al. Nepeta mallophora var. lanata Font Quer & Sennen Nepeta mallophora ssp. microglandulosa (Molero) Molero Nepeta mallophora f. tenella Cuatrec. Nepeta murcica var. cuneata A.Segura Nepeta nepetella var. bourgaei Briq. Nepeta nepetella var. leucophylla Lange Nepeta nepetella ssp. mallophora (Webb & Heldr.) Font Quer Nepeta nepetella ssp. murcica (Guirao ex Willk.) Aedo Nepeta nepetella var. murcica (Guirao ex Willk.) Briq. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |