Nepeta nuda
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| Nepeta nuda | |
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| Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Nepeta |
| Species: | N. nuda |
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| Nepeta nuda L. | |
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Nepeta nuda is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the continents of Europe and Asia, its occurrence ranging from Western Europe to Western and Central Asia.[1]
Etymology
The species was first formally described by famous botanist[2] Carl Linnaeus in 1753[3] under its current binomial name.
The Latin specific epithet nuda means "naked, bare", which refers to the distinct lack of hairs, also called trichomes, on its stems, which is typical of commonly known related species such as Nepeta cataria.
Description
A herbaceous perennial, typically grows up to 50–120 cm high.
Stems are multiple and erect, which together reach heights as mentioned above.
Leaves are oblong-obovate, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, the adaxial side is greenish and sparsely puberulent or nearly hairless while the abaxial side is pale in color and pubescent, margin crenate or serrate.
Cymes are 5-11 flowered in narrow long panicles. Flowers bloom from July to September.
Fruits are in form of nutlets with the apex minutely tuberculate and sparsely hairy.[4]
Habitats
Xeric shrublands, forbs, grasslands below the forest zone, mountain basins, mountain ranges at elevations ranging from 1300 to 2400 meters above sea level.[4]
Subtaxa
The following subspecies are accepted:[1]
• Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda
• Nepeta nuda subsp. albiflora (Boiss.) Gams
• Nepeta nuda subsp. glandulifera ub.-Mor. & P.H.Davis
• Nepeta nuda subsp. lydiae P.H.Davis
