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27. Nepeta cataria L., Sp. Pl. 570. 1753. Benth. in Dc., Prodr. 12: 383. 1848; Hook. f., l.c. 662; Blatter, Beaut. Flow. Kashmir 2: 116. 1928; Mukerjee, l. c. 132; Wealth of India, Raw Materials 7: 12. 1966; Hedge & Lamond, l.c. 112; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 619. 1972; Press in Hara et al., Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 3: 159. 1982; Rech. f., l.c. 141, t. 131, 552 f. 2.; Kaul, Weed Fl. Kashmir valley 233. 1986; Zuckerwanik in Vvedensky, Conspect. Fl. As. Med. 9: 54. 1987.
I.C. Hedge
Nepeta calaminthoides Benth.
Sturdy perennial. Stems quadrangular, 60-80 cm, branched above, pilose with short eglandular retrorse hairs, leafy. Leaves triangular-ovate, 20-70 x 20-40 mm, crenate-serrate, cordate or truncate, acute, greyish beneath with adpressed eglandular hairs and sessile oil globules; petiole 1-2 cm. Inflores-cence of numerous ± distant mostly pedunculate loosely condensed cymes forming panicles. Bracts linear-oblong, shorter than calyces. Pedicels c. 1 mm. Calyx grey-green, 5-6 mm, curved, somewhat oblique at throat, ± densely pubescent with sessile oil globules; teeth narrow triangular-acuminate, 2-3 mm, ciliate. Corolla white or cream with blue-violet spots, 6-8 mm; tube about as long as calyx teeth. Nutlets darkish brown, dull matt, c. 1.4 x 1 mm, with a straight lateral areole.
Fl. Per.: June-July.
Type: Europe (LINN - 726/1 - microfiche!).
Distribution: Most of Europe, SW and C. Asia, Himalayas; introduced in many other parts of the world.
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