Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta lasiocephala Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 380 (1848) |
Native Range | Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | pale green, sparsely lanate, leaves minute, petiolate, ovate-orbiculate, crenate, flowers crowded in terminal spherical head, bracts numerous, lanate, linear-setose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum teucrioides (Boiss.) Bunge Glechoma teucrioides (Boiss.) Kuntze Melissa teucrioides Boiss. Nepeta teucrioides (Boiss.) Briq. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |