Do you by any chance have the whole plant pic... one more nepeta .. lovely violet flowers... is this different from what we know as catmint?
usha di On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Nepeta linearis* Royle ex Benth. in Hook., Bot. Misc. 3: 377. 1833 > > Perennial herb similar to N. connata in appearance but with much narrower > linear leaves, neither cordate nor connate at base, almost sessile flowers, > smaller calyx (9-10 mm long as against 11-16 mm long), smaller corolla > (12-15 mm long as against 20-25 mm long). stems ariing from tuberous > rootstock, up to 50 cm tall; leaves opposite, linear, 3-8 cm long, up to 5 > mm long, hairy beneath; inflorescence oblong; bracts linear-subulate; > pedicel 1-2 mm long; calyx purplish 9-10 mm long; corolla blue to purplish > pink, 12-15 mm long, tube exserted. > > Common on forest slopes below Gulomarg, Kashmir > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
