Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nepeta cataria
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nepeta cataria
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nepeta cataria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nepeta cataria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-09-001:
Nepeta cataria FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nepeta cataria
COMMON NAME:
Catnip, Catmint
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_185
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_neca2_001_lvd
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August
Leaves triangular, cordate-based, coarsely toothed, on distinct petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Gill Newberry gn08_nepata_infl
August
Flowers in short spikes of crowded clusters terminating the branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nepeta cataria
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nepeta cataria
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nepeta cataria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nepeta cataria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-09-001:
Nepeta cataria
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nepeta cataria
3326
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fencerows, barnyards, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White, usually with lavender spots
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p196
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p142
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