Botanical name:Nepeta podostachysFamily:Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Long Stalked Catmint is a slender plant with many spreading stems, up to a
foot long, ending in cylindrical spikes of small white flowers arranged in
whorls. Flowers are about 8 mm, 2-lipped - upper lip narrow, entire
hooded, lower lip with the two lateral lobes bent outwards. Flower spikes
are generally far separated from the upper leaves. Leaves are few, oblong-
elliptic, 1-3 cm long, finely toothed, short-stalked. Long Stalked Catmint
is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Himachal Pradesh, at
altitudes of 2700-4300 m. Flowering: July-September.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in Kinnaur distt, Himachal Pradesh.
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