Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum discolor Bunge |
Bibliography | Verz. Altai Pfl.: 51 (1836) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, broadly ovate to orbiculate, 3-10mm, pinnatifid, segments oblong, obtuse, abaxially white lanate, flowers in ovoid head, corolla 12-15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark blue |
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 origanoides Ledeb. Ruyschiana discolor (Bunge) House |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |