Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Prunella hispida Benth. |
Bibliography | Pl. Asiat. Rar. [N.Wallich] 1: 66 (1830) |
Native Range | sc. China to Assam, n. India |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1500-4500m |
Description | densely hirsute, leaves petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1-3cm, sinuate-serrate, acute, spikes 2-3cm, flowers 15-18mm long, glabrous |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Prunella alba var. hispida (Benth.) K.Koch Prunella alba var. rosea K.Koch Prunella cinerea Raf. Prunella stolonifera H.Lév. & Giraudias Prunella vulgaris ssp. hispida (Benth.) Hultén |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, IND India) |