Nepeta sphaciotica

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Nepeta sphaciotica
Systematics
Family : Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily : Nepetoideae
Tribe : Mentheae
Sub tribus : Nepetinae
Genre : Catnip ( Nepeta )
Type : Nepeta sphaciotica
Scientific name
Nepeta sphaciotica
PHDavis

Nepeta sphaciotica is a plant from the family of the mint (Lamiaceae).

features

Nepeta sphaciotica is a subshrub that reaches heights of 5 to 20 centimeters. The plant is sticky-glandular, shaggy and tomentose and covered with 0.75 millimeter long, protruding hairs. The leaves are heart-ovate, notched, gray-green and 13 to 20 millimeters in size. The inflorescence is almost head- shaped and 20 to 30 millimeters in size. The chalice is 7 to 9 millimeters in size. The calyx tube is straight. The upper calyx teeth are no longer than the lower ones. The crown is white.

The flowering period extends from August to September.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.

Occurrence

Nepeta sphaciotica is endemic to Crete in the prefecture of Chania . The species occurs on rocky slopes and debris fields on limestone.

literature

  • Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 262 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nepeta sphaciotica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

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