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Meehania urticifolia (Miq.) Makino  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesMeehania urticifolia (Miq.) Makino 
BibliographyBot. Mag. (Tokyo) 13: 159 (1889)
Native Ranges. Primorye to Korea, c. & s. Japan
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Descriptionstoloniferous, trailing outgrowths up to 1m long, leaves 3-6cm long, broadly ovate, obtusely dentate, long petiolate, flowers 4-5cm long, in secund, lax spike
Size20-40cm
Colorbluish purple, purple red
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in spring
SynonymsCedronella urticifolia (Miq.) Maxim.
Dracocephalum pedunculatum Sessé & Moc.
Dracocephalum sinense S.Moore
Dracocephalum urticifolium Miq.
Dracocephalum urticifolium f. carnosa Dunn
Dracocephalum urticifolium f. normalis Dunn
Dracocephalum urticifolium f. racemosa Dunn
Dracocephalum urticifolium f. radicans Dunn
Glechoma urticifolia (Miq.) Makino
Meehania urticifolia f. leucantha H.Hara
Meehania urticifolia f. normalis (Dunn) Hand.-Mazz.
Meehania urticifolia f. racemosa (Dunn) Hand.-Mazz.
Meehania urticifolia f. radicans (Dunn) Hand.-Mazz.
Meehania urticifolia f. rosea J.Ohara
Meehania urticifolia var. typica Kudo
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (PRM Primorye)
     36 China (CHM Manchuria)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea)
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