Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta longibracteata Benth. |
Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 737 (1835) |
Native Range | ne. Afghanistan to Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4900-5300m |
Description | lemon scented, leaves obovate to oblanceolate, ca. 8mm long, with narrowly cuneate base and dentate apex, grey lanate, flowers ca. 9mm in head, bracts lanceolate, purple |
Size | 9-12cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma longibracteata (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |