Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta scordotis L. |
Bibliography | Cent. Pl. II: 20 (1756) |
Native Range | s. Aegean Reg. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves adpressed papilose-lanate, large, ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate, petiolate, flowers in whorls producing spike, bracts ovate, acuminate, calyx white lanate |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 scordotis (L.) Kuntze Nepeta hirsuta L. Nepeta procumbens Mill. Nepeta scorodotis Hill Nepeta tomentosa Sieber ex Benth. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) |