Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta yanthina Franch. |
Bibliography | Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 3: 324 (1897) |
Native Range | Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 4200-4300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate-cordate, 10-25mm, irregularly crenate, floral whorls remote, many flowered, flowers ca. 12mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |