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Nepeta bracteata

Nepeta bracteata

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual
Growth—

Nepeta species generally grow best in a sunny position and a well-drained soil. Many are found in poor soils in the wild, and have a bushier growth habit in more fertile soils[1].

Propagation

Seed - best sown in the autumn, in situ if possible. Germination of spring sown seed can be erratic[1]. The seed is best sown in a cold frame. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out into their permanent positions in the summer. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Nepeta+bracteata>

Pollinators

Bees, Insects

References

  1. [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  2. [2]Flora of the USSR. — Komarov. V. L. · Israel Program for Scientific Translation · 1968 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN - ↩︎An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  3. [3]Flora of Pakistan — http://www.efloras.org ↩︎As of 2006, there is not much information on habitats available, but it is being developed and promises to be an excellent resource.
  4. [4]Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas — Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors) · Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland · 2020 · ISBN 978-83-954123-5-6 ↩︎An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence.
  5. [5]Ethnobotanical investigation of traditional medicinal plants commercialized in the markets of Mashhad, Iran — Amiri M.S. & Joharchi M.R. · 2013 ↩︎Brief information on the traditional medicinal uses of 267 species of plant in Iran
  6. [6]The genus Nepeta: Traditional uses, phytochemicals and pharmacological properties — Sharma A. et al · 2121 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2020.113679 ↩︎
  7. [7]Iranian Medicinal Plants: From Ethnomedicine to Actual Studies — Buso P. et al · 2020 · http://10.3390/medicina56030097 ↩︎