Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta argutidens (Rech.f.) Jamzad & Serpoosh. |
Bibliography | Nordic J. Bot. 36(1-2)-e01600: 11 (2017) |
Native Range | ne. Iran to w. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2300m |
Description | stems simple, finely glandular-pilose, leaves ovate, 2-3cm, regularly serrate, subsessile, acute, densely shortly hirsute, flowers 2-many in whorls, corolla 15-22mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | purple-blue, violet |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hymenocrater argutidens Rech.f. Hymenocrater sessilifolius Benth. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |