Lamiaceae FAMILY
Clinopodium nepeta
Clinopodium nepeta
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Clinopodium nepeta is a herbaceous, perennial plant growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. It forms a spreading mat of low-growing foliage with upright leafy flowering stems 30 - 45cm tall[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild, and also cultivated in gardens, for use as a medicinal and culinary herb. It can be grown as a ground cover.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - Britain to Spain, east to Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria; W. Asia - Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
HabitatDry banks, usually on calcareous soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].