Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta olgae Regel |
Bibliography | Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estesv. Moskovsk. Univ. 34(2): 65 (1882) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | snowy white pubescent, woody-based, leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, at base cordate, adaxially rugose, petiolate, flowers in whorls producing spike, corolla 11-12mm long |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | late 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 olgae (Regel) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |