Catnip
பூனைக்கு பிடித்தமான செடிകാറ്റ്നിപ്പ്
Nepeta cataria L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 65 cm
- wide
- —
Lamiaceae
Also called Catswort, Or catmint
Formerly Calamintha albiflora, Cataria vulgaris, Glechoma cataria, Glechoma macrura, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Europe to Japan (C. Honshu), NW. MoroccoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Simplified Chinese
- 土荆芥, 薄荷, 荆芥
- Chinese
- 荆芥, 心叶荆芥
- Asturian
- yerba los gatos
- Czech
- šanta kočičí
- German
- Echte Katzenminze
- Esperanto
- katherbo, katminto
- Estonian
- Harilik naistenõges
- Finnish
- aitokissanminttu
- French
- Cataire, herbe aux chats
- Korean
- 개박하
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji katžolė
- Dutch
- wild kattenkruid, Wild kattenkruid, wilde kattenkruid
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Nepeta cataria (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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