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Nepeta Nepetella
''Nepeta nepetella'', common name lesser cat-mint, is a low-growing species of catnip belonging to the family Lamiaceae. 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-violet small flowers about long. Uses Nepetella, as it is commonly called (other names include nepeta, nepitella) is used in Tuscan cooking, often for mushrooms and artichokes. Due to the difficulty in obtaining nepetella, many recipes have been rewritten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orto Botanico Dell'Università Di Genova
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova (1 hectare), also known as the Orto Botanico di Genova, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Genoa, and located at Corso Dogali, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The garden was established in 1803 by Professor Domenico Viviani on the former estate of the Jesuit College of St. Jerome in Balbi. By 1819 its catalog listed 1011 taxa, of which 60% were medicinal plants of European origin. It was extended in 1835 by an additional 4,000 square metres spread over two large terraces. The first large greenhouse was built in 1859, and in 1865 additional land was purchased to bring the garden to its current size of about 10,000 m². Today the garden contains about 4000 specimens, representing about 2000 taxa. Some date back a century or more, including fine specimens of ''Cedrus libani'', '' Cupressus sempervirens'', ''Firmiana simplex'', '' Gleditsia triacanthos'', and ''Sequoia sempervirens'', as well as ''Angiopteris evecta'', '' Arbutus ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |