Lamiaceae FAMILY

Nepeta tuberosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nepeta tuberosa is a herbaceous perennial plant, sometimes producing tubers.; the unbranched stems usually grow around 30 - 100cm tall, occasionally to 160cm[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern Mediterranean - Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Morocco, Algeria

HabitatClearings of pine, juniper and holm oak groves, scrub, roadsides, meadows, nitrophilous grasslands, in all kinds of substrates; at elevations from 800 - 1,800 metres, sometimes descending to near sea level[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ].