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Lepechinia rufocampi

Lepechinia rufocampi is a low, mat-forming perennial from the mint family, native to high-elevation páramo in central Ecuador. It is a wild species of cool, windy high mountains and is rarely grown in gardens, so care depends on mimicking cool, bright, well-drained conditions.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately when the top of the soil dries, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sharp, well-drained mineral mix, such as gritty loam with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
5–20 °C; protect from heat above about 25 °C and from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. Ecuador
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Lepechinia rufocampii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to central Ecuador, where it occurs in high elevation páramo environments as a prostrate perennial.

Other Lepechinia plants

Woodbalm · Santa Ana pitchersage · Island pitchersage · San Diego pitchersage · Pakaha · Lepechinia leucophylloides · Lepechinia mutica · Lepechinia paniculata · Ross' pitcher sage · Pitchersage

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepechinia rufocampii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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