Family |
Lamiaceae
Nepeta cataria
L.
Nepeta cataria L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 570 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 118, Pl. LIII, 2; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Perennial herb with short greyish hairs and branched stems, 20–60 cm tall in Mouterde's regional account.
Leaves: Stalked, ovate to heart-shaped, pointed and strongly toothed.
Inflorescence & flowers: Dense, oblong, spike-like inflorescences, often interrupted below and somewhat branched. Slender bracts approximately equal the calyx tube. Calyx hairy, oval, with an oblique mouth and pointed teeth. Corolla white with reddish spots, hairy, its tube scarcely projecting beyond the calyx.
Fruit: Smooth, ovate, slightly compressed nutlets.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering June–September.
Habitat & elevation: Occasionally cultivated and found escaping from cultivation in Mouterde's regional account.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Deir Houbb and Tannourine.
Syrian distribution: Ghouta.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Corse, East European Russia, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang.
Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.