| Accepted name: |
Nepeta cataria L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Catnip
Catmint
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| French names: |
Herbe à chat
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HNEPCA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Traditional medicinal plant and at least formerly very often cultivated in farmers' gardens and used for tea, as spice (especially in France for seasoning sauces, soups etc) and bee plant, grown in European countries, North America, the former Soviet Union, India, China, Cuba and other Latin American countries.(1) |
| Key Characters: |
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