Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum peregrinum L. |
Bibliography | Cent. Pl. II: 20 (1756) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to Kazakhstan and nw. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 15-22mm, shortly spiny denticulate, floral whorls 4-6-flowered, bracts elliptic, with two spiny teeth, flowers 22-28mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum politowii Gand. Ruyschiana peregrina (L.) House Ruyschiana verticillata Mill. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |