Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlomoides rotata (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Mathiesen |
Bibliography | Kew Bull. 66: 96 (2011) |
Native Range | China to c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-5200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, rhombic-orbiculate to reniform, 6-13cm, adaxially densely white pilose, corrugate, crenate, whorls in compact head, flowers ca. 12mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purplish, reddish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lamiophlomis rotata (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Kudô Lamiophlomis rotata f. albiflora J.Luo & Shu L.Wang Lamiophlomis rotata ssp. bhutanica (R.A.Clement) V.S.Kumar Lamiophlomis rotata var. subglabra C.Y.Wu Phlomis rotata Benth. ex Hook.f. Phlomis rotata ssp. bhutanica R.A.Clement |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |