Common name:
Catmint
Family:
Scientific name:
Nepeta cataria
Main flower color:
Range:
Native to southeast England; naturalized in some other regions
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, roadsides, often on chalk
Flowers:
White, two-lipped; the upper flattish, divided into two lobes, the lower crimped in the middle, with a cupped, toothed middle lobe and two small side lobes. The lower lip has a few pink spots around the base. Flowers are in whorled clusters
Leaves:
Cordate to ovate, stalked, blunt-toothed, downy on top and woolly below; up to 7 cm long. Mint-smelling
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
