Rock garden plants Dracocephalum  nutans L.   
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus species var.Dracocephalum  nutans L. 
SynonymsDracocephalum microphyllum Turcz.
 Dracocephalum nutans var. alpinum Kar. & Kir.
 Zornia nutans (L.) Moench
Territory ASIA-TEMPERATE; EUROPE
rocky slopes
Altitude1200-2600m
Description leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, 8-23mm, pubescent, sharply serrate or dentate, whorls 8-12-flowered in axills of upper leaves, calyx purple, corolla 12-19mm long, pubescent
Size20-25cm
Colorblue
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typetuft, fl. stem erect
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring
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