Nepeta laevigata (D.Don) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Nepeta

Characteristics

Stems 20-80 cm, white pubescent. Petiole 2-12 mm, white villous; leaf blade ovate to triangular-cordate, 2.1-6 × 1.5-4.2 cm, adaxially sparsely white pubescent, abaxially gray and densely white pubescent, base cordate to subtruncate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute or rarely obtuse. Spikes terminal, cylindric; bracts purplish red apically, linear, white villous. Calyx tubular, ca. 6-8 × 2 mm; teeth narrowly awned-lanceolate, as long as tube, posterior teeth slightly longer than anterior, margin densely white villous, dilated in fruit. Corolla blue-purple, ca. 1.5 × as long as calyx; tube ca. 1.5 mm in diam., to 5 mm in diam. at throat; lobes of upper lip circular-ovate, ca. 2 × 2 mm, middle lobe of lower lip oblate, ca. 3 × 5.5 mm. Nutlets gray-green, ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, very shiny. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Distribution

Nepeta laevigata world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452514-1
WFO ID wfo-0000251077
COL ID 46XPZ
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Synonyms

Nepeta elata Nepeta laevigata Nepeta nuristanica Nepeta spicata Betonica laevigata Glechoma laevigata Nepeta spicata var. elata Nepeta spicata var. incana