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Dracocephalum nutans L.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesDracocephalum nutans L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 596 (1753)
Native Ranges. European Russia to Russian Far East
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionleaves petiolate, broadly ovate, 8-23mm, pubescent, sharply serrate or dentate, whorls 8-12-flowered in axils of upper leaves, calyx purple, flowers 12-19mm long, pubescent
Size20-25cm
Colorblue
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring
SynonymsDracocephalum alpinum Turcz.
Dracocephalum microphyllum Turcz.
Dracocephalum nutans ssp. subarcticum Kuvaev
Ruyschiana nutans (L.) House
Zornia nutans (L.) Moench
Territory1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUS South European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya)
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