Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta iraqensis Dirmenici |
Bibliography | Turk. J. Bot. 47(2): 178 (2023) |
Native Range | Iraq |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3700-3900m |
Description | stems densely lanate, leafy, leaves broadly ovate to orbiculate, petiolate, cordate, crenate, lanate, whorls many flowered, approximate, flowers shortly pedicellate, 10mm |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq) |