Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta mariae Regel |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 359 (1879) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-3300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, on base rounded, coarsely acutely dentate, whorls dense, sessile, many flowered, forming ovate or oblong spike, calyx hirsute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | 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, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma mariae (Regel) Kuntze Nepeta pulchella Pojark. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |