Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta ucranica L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 570 (1753) |
Native Range | Bulgaria to Xinjiang and Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | tomentose, glabrescent, leaves shortly petiolate, oblong, crenate, upper leaves smaller, subsessile, lanceolate, cymes pedicellate, lax ramose, bracts linear, calyx pubescent |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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 | Glechoma ucranica (L.) Kuntze Oxynepeta parviflora Bunge Teucrium sibiricum L. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |