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Nepeta
Family: Lamiaceae
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JANAS 35(2)
PLANT: Perennials herbs, aromatic. LEAVES: often sessile at plant apex. INFLORESCENCE: verticillate bracteate cymes. FLOWERS: calyx zygomorphic, tubular or rarely campanulate, 13 17 veined; corolla zygomorphic, 2 lipped, the upper lip 2 lobed, the lower lip 3 lobed, the tube exceeding calyx; stamens 4, the upper pair longer than lower, the anther cells ellipsoid, divergent; ovary 4 parted; stigma subequally 2 lobed. NUTLETS: oblong, glabrous, smooth or tuberculate to rugose. NOTES: Ca. 250 spp.; temperate Eurasia and Afr. (Latin: namesake for Etrurian city Nepete [present day Nepi, Italy]; Pliny's name for one of the Lamiaceae). Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 570. REFERENCES: Walters, Gretchen M. 2003. Lamiaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2).
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Cal 15-nerved, curved, oblique at the mouth, 5-toothed; cor bilabiate, the upper lip somewhat concave and often subgaleate, entire or bifid, the lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the large central lobe sometimes notched; stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip and scarcely exserted, the upper pair slightly the longer; pollen-sacs widely divaricate, confluent in dehiscence; herbs, mostly erect, with toothed or cleft lvs and numerous small, white to blue fls in terminal, compound, often spike-like infls. 150, Eurasia.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Nepeta annua
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Nepeta apuleji
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Nepeta assurgens
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Nepeta atlantica
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Nepeta azurea
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Nepeta bodeana
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Nepeta bucharica
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Nepeta camphorata
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Nepeta cataria
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Nepeta ciliaris
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Nepeta clarkei
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Nepeta cyanea
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Nepeta discolor
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Nepeta distans
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Nepeta elliptica
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Nepeta erecta
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Nepeta eremophila
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Nepeta floccosa
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Nepeta fordii
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Nepeta formosa
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Nepeta glechoma
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Nepeta govaniana
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Nepeta graciliflora
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Nepeta granatensis
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Nepeta grandiflora
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Nepeta hindostana
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Nepeta incana
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Nepeta juncea
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Nepeta laevigata
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Nepeta lamiopsis
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Nepeta latifolia
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Nepeta linearis
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Nepeta longibracteata
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Nepeta melissifolia
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Nepeta meyeri
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Nepeta micrantha
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Nepeta multifida
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Nepeta mussinii
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Nepeta nepetella
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Nepeta nervosa
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Nepeta nuda
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Nepeta paulsenii
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Nepeta petraea
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Nepeta podostachys
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Nepeta racemosa
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Nepeta raphanorhiza
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Nepeta reticulata
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Nepeta rivularis
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Nepeta salviifolia
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Nepeta septemcrenata
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