Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta lagopsis Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P. de Candole] 12: 379 (1848) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves broadly ovate to suborbiculate, 1cm long, serrate, broadly truncate, rounded, densely white hirsute, flowers in few remote, dense whorls, corolla ca. 9mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma lagopsis (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |