Nepeta sibirica L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Nepeta

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems numerous, ca. 40 cm, puberulent, glandular. Petiole 3-7 mm, 1.5-1.7 cm in basal leaves; leaf blade triangular-oblong to triangular-lanceolate, 3.4-9 × 1.2-2.2 cm, adaxially sparsely puberulent, abaxially densely yellow glandular, veins pubescent, base shallowly cordate, margin denticulate, apex acute. Verticillasters lax, on apical part of stem, 9-15 cm; peduncle 5-8 mm; bracts linear, 2.5-3 mm, pubescent, ciliate. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx 9-10 mm, densely glandular pubescent, throat very oblique; teeth joined for 1/3-1/2 their length, lanceolate-triangular, apex acuminate; teeth of lower lip separated to base, longer, narrower, apex acute. Corolla blue or bluish, 2-2.9 cm, sparsely pubescent; tube nearly straight, narrow, abruptly dilated into throat ca. 6 × 6 mm; lobes of upper lip ca. 1/2 as long as upper lip, elliptic, apex obtuse; middle lobe of lower lip reniform, deeply sinuate, margin coarsely crenate; lateral lobes ovate to ovate-triangular. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system creeping-root
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 -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal ornamental
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Nepeta sibirica unspecified picture

Distribution

Nepeta sibirica world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Kazakhstan, and Montenegro

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452734-1
WFO ID wfo-0000251348
COL ID 7499N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Moldavica elata Nepeta sibirica Nepeta macrantha Dracocephalum sibiricum Glechoma sibirica Moldavica sibirica