Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Hyssopus cuspidatus Boriss. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 256 (1950) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1100-1800m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear, 15-45mm, glabrous, caducous, whorls 10-flowered, pedunculate, secund, in 3-8cm long spikes, flowers ca. 12mm long, strigose, yellow glandular |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | late 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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hyssopus cuspidatus var. albiflorus C.Y.Wu & H.L.Li |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |