Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum grandiflorum L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 595 (1753) |
Native Range | Siberia to Central Asia and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2200-2900m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, oblong-elliptic, stem leaves ovate, shortly petiolate, serrate, floral whorls in terminal head, bracts coarsely dentate, flowers 3-4cm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum altaiense Laxm. Dracocephalum turkestanicum Gand. Ruyschiana grandiflora (L.) House |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |