Nepeta racemosa Lam.

Raceme catnip (en), Népéta de Transcaucasie au sens large (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Nepeta

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is small plant. It grows up to 50 cm high. The leaves are small and grey. The flowers are blue.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate frost. In Hobart BG.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Nepeta racemosa habit picture by Emmerová Aneta (cc-by-sa)
Nepeta racemosa habit picture by Juraj Praščák (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Nepeta racemosa leaf picture by ogrodnik (cc-by-sa)
Nepeta racemosa leaf picture by nevf (cc-by-sa)
Nepeta racemosa leaf picture by kate kate (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Nepeta racemosa flower picture by Atlas Sivas (cc-by-sa)
Nepeta racemosa flower picture by kate kate (cc-by-sa)
Nepeta racemosa flower picture by Vojtech Semik (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Nepeta racemosa world distribution map, present in Austria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Spain, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452683-1
WFO ID wfo-0000251289
COL ID 6S8XN
BDTFX ID 118522
INPN ID 717330
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Nepeta transcaucasica Nepeta hajastana Glechoma racemosa Nepeta marifolia Nepeta racemosa

Lower taxons

Nepeta racemosa subsp. crassifolia Nepeta racemosa subsp. haussknechtii Nepeta racemosa subsp. racemosa