Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum origanoides Stephan ex Willd. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 151 (1800) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1700-2500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, pinnatipartite, ovate, pubescent, margins revolute, segments in 3 pairs, oblong to ovate, floral whorls crowded, bracts tridentate, flowers to 12mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum pinnatum var. songaricum Lipsky Ruyschiana origanoides (Stephan ex Willd.) House |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |