Nepeta cataria, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 159-160

13. N. cataria L. , Sp. Pl. 570 (1753).

Stems 40-100 cm, erect, branched, grey-pubescent to tomentose. Leaves 2-8 cm, ovate, acute, cordate at base, crenate or serrate, grey-tomentose beneath; petiole 0-5-4 cm. Inflorescence spike-like, the lower verticillasters distant. Bracts 1-5-3 mm, linear-subulate. Calyx 5-6-5 mm, ovoid; teeth 1-5-2-5 mm, linear-lanceolate, patent.

Corolla 7-10 mm, shortly exserted from calyx, white with small purple spots. 2« = 36. S., E., E.C. and perhaps W. Europe; formerly cultivated as a medicinal herb and widely naturalized in N. & W.C. Europe. Al *Be BI *Br Bu Co Ga Gr *Ho Hs Hu It Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Si [Au Cz Da Fe Ge Hb He Lu No Po Rs (B) Su].