Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Ajuga lupulina Maxim. |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3. 23: 391 (1877) |
Native Range | China to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-4200m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, lanceolate to rhombic, 5-11cm, crenate or subentire, obtuse, bracts 3-5cm, ovate, white to purple, flowers narrowly infundibuliform, 18-25mm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white, whitish green |
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, 10-13°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ajuga lupulina f. breviflora Y.Z.Sun Ajuga lupulina f. humilis Y.Z.Sun Ajuga lupulina var. major Diels |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |