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Catnip and catmint
Nepeta cataria
About
Nepeta cataria, commonly known as catnip and catmint, is a species of the genus Nepeta in the mint family, native to southern and eastern Europe, northern parts of the Middle East, and Central Asia. 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.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Nepeta cataria
- Slug
- nepeta-cataria
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Nepeta
- Species
- cataria
- Wikidata QID
- Q161139
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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