Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Ziziphora afghanica Rech.f. |
Bibliography | Phyton (Horn.) 3: 169 (1951) |
Native Range | ne. Iran to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | leaves elliptic-lanceolate, pilose, entire, obtuse, flowers in oblong heads, corolla 10-15mm, calyx cylindrical, green, lobes lanceolate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ziziphora clinopodioides ssp. afghanica (Rech.f.) Rech.f. Ziziphora clinopodioides var. benthamii Prain |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |