Eremostachys - Was: new member
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- Subject: Eremostachys - Was: new member
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:16:00 -0500 (EST)
At 12:50 AM 2/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello once again. This is Bill Brobisky, still fairly new member. Thanks
>to all those who sent me greetings.
>I'd still like to hear from anyone who has anything to say about
>Eremostachys. It's a tuberous rooted member of the Labiatae, supposedly
>like unto Salvia and/or Phlomis and that's all I know. I'm "growing" the
>species albertii, regeliana and tadschikistanica all from seed from the
>Taschkent Bot. Garden, and would hate to loose them without at least seeing
>them flower.
>Thanks,
>Bill
Bill:
I haven't grown any, but do know they are very closely related to Phlomis.
There are about 60 species. They belong to the older wing of the Lamiaceae,
which includes Lamium, Stachys, and Teucrium. The Chinese ones like to grow
on desert slopes at 1000 - 1800 meters and have robust and napiform roots.
regeliana is mentioned in Flora Iranica; the other two should be in the
Flora of the USSR.
I' be curious if you are growing either Lagochilus or Lophanthus species of
the Lamiaceae.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
336-674-3105
