Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Nepeta kokanica Regel |
Bibliography | Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestv. Moskovsk. Univ. 34(2): 65 (1882) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2400-5000m |
Description | grey or white hirsute, leaves petiolate, stem leaves orbiculate, dentate, flowers in terminal head, corolla 15-18mm long, pubescent and glandular |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | bluish |
Bloom | late 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 kokanica (Regel) Kuntze Nepeta pamiroalaica Lipsky |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |