Nepeta nepetella

Nepeta nepetella
Nepeta nepetella at Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Nepeta
Species: N. nepetella
Binomial name
Nepeta nepetella
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cataria nepetella (L.) Moench
  • Glechoma nepetella (L.) Kuntze
  • Nepeta aragonensis Lam.
  • Nepeta amethystina Desf. ex Poir.
  • Nepeta civitiana Pau
  • Nepeta ceballosii Vicioso & Pau
  • Nepeta almeriensis Sennen
  • Nepeta hieronymi Sennen
  • Nepeta murcica Guirão ex Willk.
  • Nepeta imbricata Lag. ex Spreng.
  • Nepeta mallophora Webb & Heldr.
  • Nepeta angustifolia Mill.
  • Nepeta lanceolata Lam.
  • Nepeta graveolens Vill.
  • Nepeta humilis Salisb.
  • Nepeta arragonensis Benth.
  • Nepeta delphinensis Mutel
  • Nepeta longicaulis Dufour
  • Cataria tenuifolia Bubani
  • Nepeta catalaunica Sennen

Nepeta nepetella, common name lesser cat-mint,[2] is a low-growing species of catnip belonging to the family Lamiaceae. It is native to France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, and Morocco.[1][3]

Subspecies[1]
  1. Nepeta nepetella subsp. aragonensis (Lam.) Nyman - Spain, Algeria, Morocco
  2. Nepeta nepetella subsp. laciniata (Willk.) Aedo - Sierra Nevada of southern Spain
  3. Nepeta nepetella subsp. murcica (Guirão ex Willk.) Aedo - Morocco, southern Spain
  4. Nepeta nepetella subsp. nepetella - Pyrenees, western Alps, + Apennines of Spain, France, Italy

Description

Nepeta nepetella can reach a height of 40–80 centimetres (16–31 in). This perennial very variable plant has usually green crenate leaves and produces in summer spikes with bluish-violet small flowers about 1–81.2 centimetres (0.39–31.97 in) long.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Gattaia minore, Nepeta nepetella L.
  4. ↑ Alpine Plants Enciclopaedia
  5. ↑ Biolib
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