OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nepeta cataria   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nepeta cataria   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nepeta cataria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Nepeta cataria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-09-001:

Nepeta cataria   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nepeta cataria

 

COMMON NAME:
Catnip, Catmint


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image of Nepeta cataria, Catnip, Catmint

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_185

        

image of Nepeta cataria, Catnip, Catmint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_neca2_001_lvd

        

image of Nepeta cataria, Catnip, Catmint

Gill Newberry    gn08_n_cataria_habitat

August        

Leaves triangular, cordate-based, coarsely toothed, on distinct petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Nepeta cataria, Catnip, Catmint

Gill Newberry    gn08_nepata_infl

August        

Flowers in short spikes of crowded clusters terminating the branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nepeta cataria   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nepeta cataria   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nepeta cataria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nepeta cataria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-09-001:
Nepeta cataria   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nepeta cataria

 

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3326

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fencerows, barnyards, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White, usually with lavender spots
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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