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Catmint
Catmint usually refers to: * the genus ''Anisomeles'' * the garden plant ''Nepeta'' × ''faassenii'' It may also refer to * '' Anisomeles indica'' * '' Anisomeles malabarica'', Malabar catmint * the plant genus ''Nepeta'' ** ''Nepeta cataria ''Nepeta cataria'', commonly known as catnip and catmint, is a species of the genus ''Nepeta'' in the mint family, native plant, native to southern and eastern Europe, northern parts of the Middle East, and Central Asia. It is widely naturalis ...'', catnip **'' Nepeta nepetella'', lesser catmint See also * Catnip (other) {{plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepeta Cataria
''Nepeta cataria'', commonly known as catnip and catmint, is a species of the genus ''Nepeta'' in the mint family, native plant, native to southern and eastern Europe, northern parts of the Middle East, and Central Asia. It is widely naturalisation (biology), naturalized in northern Europe, New Zealand, and North America. The common name catmint can also refer to the genus as a whole. It is a short-lived perennial plant, perennial mint family, mint-family herb growing tall with square stems, grayish canescent leaves that vary in shape and have serrated edges, fragrant small bilabiate flowers arranged in raceme spikes, and produces small three-sided nutlets containing one to four seeds. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, with no subspecies but multiple botanical synonyms, and its name—derived from medieval Latin—reflects its historical association with cats and various traditional names dating back to medieval England. Catnip is named for the intense attraction ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepeta
''Nepeta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Lamiaceae. The genus name, from Latin (“catnip”), is reportedly in reference to Nepi, Nepete, an ancient Etruscan cities, Etruscan city.Missouri Botanical Garden: ''Nepeta'' × ''faassenii'' Accessed January 10, 2013 There are 295 accepted species. The genus is native plant, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has also naturalisation (biology), naturalized in North America. Some members of this group are known as catnip or catmint because of their effect on house cats – the nepetalactone contained in some ''Nepeta'' species binds to the olfactory receptors of cats, typically resulting in temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepeta × Faassenii
''Nepeta'' × ''faassenii'', a flowering plant also known as catmint and Faassen's catnip, is a primary hybrid of garden origin. The parent species are '' Nepeta racemosa'' and '' Nepeta nepetella''. It is an herbaceous perennial, with oval, opposite, intricately veined, gray—green leaves, on square stems. The foliage is fragrant. It grows from tall by wide.Missouri Botanical Garden: ''Nepeta'' × ''faassenii'' . accessed 1.10.2013 The plant produces small but showy, abundant, two-lipped, trumpet-shaped, soft lavender flowers, from spring through autumn. Continued blooming is encouraged by deadheading. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisomeles Malabarica
''Anisomeles malabarica'', more commonly known as the Malabar catmint, is a species of herbaceous shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of India, and Sri Lanka, but can also be found in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Andaman Islands and Réunion. Growing up to 2 m high, it has narrow green leaves 3–8 cm in length, and 1.5–3 cm wide. It is pollinated by sunbirds and carpenter bees, and bears purple flowers in mid spring, though it may also bear the flowers throughout the year. Originally used in Sri Lankan and Hindi folk medicine, the current main uses are medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics. Description Morphology ''Anisomeles malabarica'' is a perennial herbaceous shrub that ranges from 0.9 to 2.0m in height. The thick, petiolate leaves are a narrow oval shape, tapering to a point at each end; with a width of 1.5–3 cm and a length of 3–8 cm. The base of the leaves are nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisomeles Indica
''Anisomeles indica'', or catmint, is a species of herbaceous plant native to eastern Asia East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan ... and naturalized on some Pacific islands. References indica {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisomeles
''Anisomeles'' is a genus of Herbaceous plant, herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have small, flat, narrow elliptic to narrow e.g.-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the edges of the leaves sometimes wavy or serrated. The flowers are arranged in groups, with five sepals and five petals in two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes, the middle lobe much longer than the side lobes. There are four stamens that extend beyond the petals and a single Style (botany), style in a depression on top of the Ovary (botany), ovary. The fruit is a schizocarp with four Nut (fruit), nutlets containing small seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Anisomeles'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Robert Brown in his ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''. The name ''Anisomel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepeta Nepetella
''Nepeta nepetella'', common name lesser cat-mint, is a low-growing species of catnip belonging to the family Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba .... It is native to France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, and Morocco. ;Subspecies # ''Nepeta nepetella'' subsp. ''aragonensis'' (Lam.) Nyman - Spain, Algeria, Morocco # ''Nepeta nepetella'' subsp. ''laciniata'' (Willk.) Aedo - Sierra Nevada of southern Spain # ''Nepeta nepetella'' subsp. ''murcica'' (Guirão ex Willk.) Aedo - Morocco, southern Spain # ''Nepeta nepetella'' subsp. ''nepetella'' - Pyrenees, western Alps, + Apennines of Spain, France, Italy Description ''Nepeta nepetella'' can reach a height of . This perennial very variable plant has usually green crenate leaves and produces in summer spikes with bluish-viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
