Lamiaceae FAMILY

Nepeta italica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nepeta italica ia a herbaceous perennial plant forming a tuft of erect to ascending, usually branched stems around 20 - 90cm tall[ 93 Title Flora of Turkey. Publication Author Davis. P. H. Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 1965 ISBN - Description Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats. , 2161 Title Revision of the genus Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) in Iraq Publication Turk J Bot (2023) 47: 169-189 Author Dirmenci T. et al Website http://10.55730/1300-008X.2754 Publisher Year 2023 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthern Europe (Italy) and western Asia - Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq

HabitatQuercus forests, rocky limestone, and volcanic slopes, dried stream beds, shady banks, roadsides; at elevations from 500 - 1,900 metres in Iraq[ 2161 Title Revision of the genus Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) in Iraq Publication Turk J Bot (2023) 47: 169-189 Author Dirmenci T. et al Website http://10.55730/1300-008X.2754 Publisher Year 2023 ISBN Description ].