Lamiaceae

Nepeta cataria

Nepeta L. Nepeta cataria L. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: nadas tarlaları, çorak yerler Minimum yükseklik: 1200 Maksimum yükseklik: 1500 Endemik: - Element: Avrupa-Sibirya Türkiye dağılımı: Karasal Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Avrupa, GB. ve O. Asya, Himalayalar, Japonya, G. Afrika, K. Amerika Bulunduğu kareler:A4 A9 B4 B7 C4 C8

N. cataria L., Sp. PL 570 (1753). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 18: t. 1242 (1858); Ross-Craig, Draw. Brit. PL 24:19 (1967).   Perennial; stems erect, 50 cm-1 m, branched above, retrorsely eglandular pilose with short hairs and sessile glands. Leaves ovate, 3.5-8 x 2-5 cm, finely adpressed pilose with many sessile glands, greyish beneath, serrate, cordate or truncate. Petiole 0.7-2.2 cm. Inflorescence widely paniculate; verticillasters ± distant below, condensed above, to c. 35-flowered. Bracteoles linear-oblong, clearly shorter than calyces. Calyx tubular, 5-6 mm, ± curved, scarcely oblique or not at mouth, ± densely pilose-pubescent and with sessile glands; teeth ± spreading, c. 2 mm. Corolla white with blue-violet spots, 6-7(-10) mm; tube just exceeding calyx teeth. Nutlets broadly ellipsoid, c. 1.5 x 1 mm, dull, matt, obsoletely tuberculate at apex; areole straight. Fl. 7-8. Fallow fields, waste ground, etc., 1200-1500 m.   Described from Europe (Hb. Linn. 726/1, photo!).   Scattered, mainly in Inner Anatolia. A4 Ankara: Hacikadin valley, nr Keçiören, D. 13181! A9 Kars: E. of Ardahan (Grossheim 7: map 369). B3 Konya: above Akşehir, 1200 m, Dökmeci (ISTE 32563)! B4 Ankara: Incesu,Bağda 695! B7 Malatya: Eskimalatya, Alava 6883! C4 Konya: nr Ermenek, é 185! C8 Mardin: Khurs (Kavs), Sint. 1888:1046!   Throughout most of Europe (often naturalised), S.W. & C. Asia, Himalayas. Introduced in Japan, S. Africa and N. America. Euro-Sib. element. Characterised by the rather rank habit, clearly petiolate leaves, small white flowers and slightly spreading calyx teeth.