Ushadi Although name catmint may be loosely used for all species of Nepeta, strictly speaking it belongs to Nepeta cataria (also name as catnip).
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Nepeta$20cataria/indiantreepix/IaUy5-t8m34/SZrUE4c5it4J -- 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/ On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:01 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > =========== > > --
