Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Ajuga pygmaea A.Gray |
Bibliography | Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 6: 402 (1859) |
Native Range | se. China, s. Japan to Taiwan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stoloniferous, lax white crispate-pubescent, lower leaves broadly oblanceolate, 2-4cm, obtuse, sparsely coarsely dentate, petiolate, flowers in few approximate whorls |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | rose, blue |
Bloom | early spring |
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, 10-13°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, NNS Nansei-shoto, TAI Taiwan) |