Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys dregeana Benth. |
Bibliography | Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [E.H.F.Meyer]: 240 (1838) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 200-2900m |
Description | leaves sessile, oblong-linear or subspathulate, obtuse or rounded, crenate, thick, whorls 2-4-flowered, remote, in spike, calyx campanulate, tomentose |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | rose, purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summe |
Synonyms | Stachys dregeana var. lasiocalyx (Schltr.) Skan Stachys dregeana var. tenuior Skan Stachys foliosa Benth. Stachys lasiocalyx Schltr. Stachys rugosa var. foliosa (Benth.) Skan |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |