Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta floccosa Benth. |
Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 736 (1835) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3800m |
Description | lemon scented, leaves broadly cordate, 1-4cm long, densely white lanate, flowers 8-10mm long in sparsely branched, verticillate spike, calyx purple |
Size | 20-90cm |
Color | blue, bluish |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Nepeta alii Jehan Nepeta floccosa var. densiflora Reshi Nepeta kunlunshanica C.Y.Yang & B.Wang Nepeta vakhanica Pojark. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |