Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Hymenocrater calycinus (Boiss.) Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 406 (1848) |
Native Range | Turkmenistan to Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | subglabrous, green, resinose-punctate, leaves shortly petiolate, cordate-oblong, crenate, obtuse, cymes axillary, few-flowered, shortly pedicellate, remote |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | 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; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hymenocrater bituminosus ssp. calycinus (Boiss.) A.L.Budantzev Hymenocrater macrophyllus Bunge Nepeta calycina (Boiss.) Jamzad & Serpoosh. Sestinia calycina Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |