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catmints
Nepeta
Nepeta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae also known as catmints. The genus name is reportedly in reference to Nepete, an ancient Etruscan city. There are about 250 species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Catnip
speciesNepeta cataria
Eastern Cat-mint
speciesNepeta racemosa
Naked catmint
speciesNepeta nuda
Multifidous catnip
speciesNepeta multifida
Garden catmint
hybridNepeta × faassenii
Siberian Catmint
speciesNepeta sibirica
Lesser Catmint
speciesNepeta nepetella
Nepeta tuberosa
speciesNepeta tuberosa
Caucasus Catmint
speciesNepeta grandiflora
Canary Catmint
speciesNepeta teydea
Syrian catnip
speciesNepeta curviflora
Nepeta ucranica
speciesNepeta ucranica
Nepeta cilicia
speciesNepeta cilicia
Nepeta parviflora
speciesNepeta parviflora
Nepeta italica
speciesNepeta italica
Nepeta annua
speciesNepeta annua
Woolly Catmint
speciesNepeta floccosa
Smooth Catmint
speciesNepeta laevigata
Nepeta olgae
speciesNepeta olgae
Nepeta subsessilis
speciesNepeta subsessilis
African Blue Catmint
speciesNepeta azurea
Nepeta glomerata
speciesNepeta glomerata
Nepeta prattii
speciesNepeta prattii
Nepeta trachonitica
speciesNepeta trachonitica
Nepeta betonicifolia
speciesNepeta betonicifolia
Nepeta latifolia
speciesNepeta latifolia
Nepeta cyanea
speciesNepeta cyanea
Nepeta supina
speciesNepeta supina
Two-Color Catmint
speciesNepeta discolor
Nepeta caerulea
speciesNepeta caerulea
Nepeta teucriifolia
speciesNepeta teucriifolia
Nepeta manchuriensis
speciesNepeta manchuriensis
Long-Bract Catmint
speciesNepeta longibracteata
Nepeta septemcrenata
speciesNepeta septemcrenata
Nepeta argolica
speciesNepeta argolica
Nepeta melissifolia
speciesNepeta melissifolia
Nepeta multibracteata
speciesNepeta multibracteata
Long Stalked Catmint
speciesNepeta podostachys
Nepeta scordotis
speciesNepeta scordotis
Nepeta micrantha
speciesNepeta micrantha
Nepeta congesta
speciesNepeta congesta
Nepeta everardii
speciesNepeta everardii
Nepeta schtschurowskiana
speciesNepeta schtschurowskiana
Nepeta stewartiana
speciesNepeta stewartiana
Nepeta bituminosa
speciesNepeta bituminosa
Nepeta lamiopsis
speciesNepeta lamiopsis
Nepeta kokanica
speciesNepeta kokanica
Nepeta neocalycina
speciesNepeta neocalycina
Salvia-Leaved Catmint
speciesNepeta leucolaena
Yellow catmint
speciesNepeta govaniana
Nepeta hemsleyana
speciesNepeta hemsleyana
Nepeta tenuifolia
speciesNepeta tenuifolia
Sticky Catmint
speciesNepeta glutinosa
Pale-Blue Catmint
speciesNepeta coerulescens
Nepeta persica
speciesNepeta persica
Nepeta hispanica
speciesNepeta hispanica
Nepeta complanata
speciesNepeta complanata
Roundleaf Catmint
speciesNepeta rotundifolia
North Indian Catmint
speciesNepeta hindostana
Nepeta apuleji
speciesNepeta apuleji
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.138
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.393
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.92
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.87
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.88
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.121
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.62
Natural Magic (Magia Naturalis)
Wolfgang Hildebrand · 1616 · p.660
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.247
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.833
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms (Volume 104)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.28
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.205
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 48624.