Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta stricta (Banks & Sol.) Hedge & Lamond |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 45 (1980) |
Native Range | w. Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | shortly pubescent to hirsute, leaves ovate to oblong, elliptic, petiolate, entire, truncate, acute, upper leaves lanceolate, inflorescence broadly ramose thyrsus |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale lilac, blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma calycina (Fenzl) Kuntze Glechoma curvidens (Boiss. & Balansa) Kuntze Nepeta callichroa Hausskn. & Briq. Nepeta calycina Fenzl Nepeta curvidens Boiss. & Balansa Nepeta stricta var. curvidens (Boiss. & Balansa) Hedge & Lamond Satureja stricta A.Russell Teucrium auraniticum Post |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |