Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta cyanea Steven |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 265 (1812) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | appresed hirsute, leaves petiolate, rugose, oblong-cuneate, crenate, stem leaves elliptic-linear, flowers in axillary cymes, calyx grey tomentose |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
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, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Glechoma cyanea (Steven) Kuntze Glechoma ruprechtiana (Boiss.) Kuntze Nepeta acinifolia Spreng. Nepeta incana M.Bieb. Nepeta kubanica Pojark. Nepeta mollissima Tausch Nepeta ruprechtiana Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |