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Catnip
Nepeta cataria
Nepeta cataria, commonly known as catnip, catswort, catwort, and catmint, is a species of the genus Nepeta in the family Lamiaceae, native to southern and eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of China. It is widely naturalized in northern Europe, New Zealand, and North America. The common name catmint can also refer to the genus as a whole.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.86
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.195
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.87
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.530
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.486
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.891
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.62
Natural Magic (Magia Naturalis)
Wolfgang Hildebrand · 1616 · p.660
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.42
Albertus Magnus on Women and the Birth of Children
Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1700 · p.27
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48622.