Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 164: t. 9657 (1944) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, ovate, 2-6cm, abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially glabrous, obtuse, floral whorls in head or in interrupted spike, bracts purple striate, flowers 3cm |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Dracocephalum calanthum C.Y.Wu Dracocephalum speciosum Benth. Ruyschiana wallichii House |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |