Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Scutellaria heydei Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 4: 667 (1885) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4800m |
Description | leaves hirsute, very small, shortly petiolate, ovate or cordate, obtuse, crenate, flowers in short spike, bracts ovate, corolla 25mm long with blue or pink tip |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |