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Nepeta x faassenii

(Faassens Catmint, Ornamental Catmint)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Faassens Catmint, Ornamental Catmint

Description

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Family Lamiaceae

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , annual or perennial , usually aromatic . Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound , without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary ; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent , 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous , 4 or 2, free , rarely filaments connate , sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal , or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets . Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Calamintha

Herbs annual or perennial . Leaves petiolate , dentate . Cymes axillary , 2-12-flowered, short pedunculate ; bracts lanceolate-subulate. Calyx tubular to tubular-campanulate, 13-veined, throat not constricted , sparsely hirsute inside, base not or only slightly saccate in fruit, limb 2-lipped; teeth of upper lip 3, reflexed ; teeth of lower lip 2, longer than upper teeth, lanceolate. Corolla almost as long as calyx to much exserted, 2-lipped, tube gradually dilated ; upper lip emarginate, straight; lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed, middle lobe longer than lateral lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous , all included or anterior 2 exserted; anther cells 2, ± parallel or divergent. Ovary glabrous . Style shorter than corolla, complanate or 2-cleft at apex. Nutlets ovoid , rounded .

About six or seven species: Africa, Asia, Europe; one species in China."Calamintha". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 231. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Flowers: Blue flowers in summer. • Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: blue-violet, lavender, violet

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 18-24" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 594 meters (0 to 1,949 feet).Mean = 100.290 meters (329.035 feet), Standard Deviation = 124.200 based on 281 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Calamintha

There are approximately 265 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. mixta · C. 'Fritz Kuhn' · C. abyssinica · C. acinoides · C. acuminata · C. adriani · C. adscendens · C. aegyptiaca · C. aetnensis · C. alba · C. albiflora · C. alboi · C. alpina · C. alpina (L.) Lam. var. orontia (K. Maly) Hayek · C. alpina elatior · C. alpina var. elatior · C. annua · C. argyi · C. arundana · C. arvensis · C. ascendesns · C. athonica · C. atlantica · C. baborensis · C. baetica · C. barosma · C. baumgarteni · C. betulifolia · C. betulifolia cilicica · C. betulifolia subsp. cilicica · C. bianoris · C. biebersteinii · C. bolnokensis · C. bonanovae · C. brauneana · C. brevisepala · C. byzantina · C. caballeroi · C. cacondensis · C. cacuminiglabra · C. cadevallii · C. caerulescens · C. calamintha · C. cana · C. candidissima · C. cantabrica · C. caroli-henricana · C. caroliniana · C. catalaunica · C. caucasica · C. cavaleriei · C. chinensis · C. clinopodium · C. clipeata · C. coballeroi · C. confinis · C. conillii · C. coreana · C. corsica · C. cretica · C. cretica variegata · C. croatica · C. cryptantha · C. davisii · C. debilis · C. degenii · C. depauperata · C. dilatata · C. discolor · C. einseleana · C. elata · C. elgonensis · C. eniseleana · C. enriquei · C. epilosa · C. eriocaulis · C. esquirolii · C. euosma · C. exigua · C. fauriei · C. fenzlii · C. ferreri · C. florida · C. foliosa · C. fontii · C. fruticosa · C. fuchsifolia · C. fuchsiifolia · C. gillesii · C. glabella var. diversifolia · C. glabella var. nuttallii · C. glabra · C. glabrescens · C. glandiflora · C. glandulosa · C. glandulosa f. albiflora · C. glandulosa var. canescens · C. glomerulosa · C. gracilis · C. granatensis

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Last Revised: 2008-10-03