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Stachys menthoides Kotschy & Boiss.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesStachys menthoides Kotschy & Boiss. 
BibliographyFl. Orient. 4: 727 (1879)
Native Rangese. Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Descriptionstems simple, glabrous, leaves subsessile, glabrous, oblong, acute, serrate, upper leaves smaller, whorls 4-6-flowered, crowded in short raceme, flowers minute
Size20-30cm
Colorpurple
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey)
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