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Nepeta x faassenii 'Pool Bank'

(Faassens Catmint, Ornamental Catmint)

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 Nepeta

Subshrubs or perennial or annual herbs, usually aromatic , occasionally gynomonoecious or gynodioecious . Verticillasters in spikes or opposite cymes in racemes or panicles; floral leaves bractlike; bracts narrow, shorter than to longer than flowers. Calyx (13-) 15(-17) -veined, tubular or campanulate , slightly curved or straight, throat oblique or regular; limb 2-lipped or not; teeth 5, equal or unequal, subulate or narrowly lanceolate to oblong-triangular, apex acuminate to spiny-acuminate. Corolla 2-lipped; tube basally narrow, ± abruptly dilated into an ample throat; upper lip ± flat or concave , 2-lobed or emarginate ; lower lip large, 3-lobed, with middle lobe larger, concave or ± flat, margin undulate or dentate ; lateral lobes small, straight or reflexed , ovate to semicircular. Stamens 4, nearly parallel, glabrous , ascending under upper lip of corolla, posterior 2 longer than anterior, included or exserted, fertile ; stamens of pistillate flowers rudimentary , included; anther cells 2, ellipsoid , divaricate , apex not confluent . Style exserted, apex subequally 2-cleft. Nutlets oblong-ovoid, ellipsoid, ovoid , or obovoid , adaxially slightly ribbed , smooth or warty.

About 250 species: temperate Asia, N Africa, and Europe, most abundant in the Mediterranean region and SW and C Asia; 42 species in China."Nepeta". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 107. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, July, August. • Flower Color: medium blue

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 12-18" tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Nepeta

There are approximately 770 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. 'Ani' · N. 'Bide-a-Wee Variegated' · N. 'Blue Beauty' · N. 'Leeds Castle' · N. 'Lilac Cloud' · N. 'Pink Dawn' · N. 'Porzellan' · N. 'Purple Blotch' · N. 'Rae Crug' · N. 'Six Hills Giant' · N. 'Thornbury' · N. 'Valerie Finnis' · N. 'Veluws Blauwtje' · N. abyssinica · N. acerosa · N. acinifolia · N. adenoclada · N. adenophyta · N. agrestis · N. alaghezi · N. alatavica · N. alba · N. alexeenkoi · N. algeriensis · N. alicae · N. alii · N. allotria · N. almeriensis · N. altissima · N. amani · N. amboinica · N. americana · N. amethystina · N. amethystina laciniata · N. amethystina mallophora · N. amethystina microglandulosa · N. amethystina subsp. anticaria · N. amethystina subsp. laciniata · N. amethystina subsp. mallophora · N. amethystina subsp. microglandulosa · N. amethystina var. anticaria · N. amethystina var. bourgaei · N. amicorum · N. amoena · N. anamurensis · N. andrica · N. angustifolia · N. annua · N. antiatlantica · N. apulei · N. apulei oulmesiana · N. apulei pallescens · N. apulei subsp. oulmesiana · N. apulei subsp. pallescens · N. apuleii · N. apuleji · N. aragonensis · N. aragonesis · N. archibaldii · N. argentea · N. arglonensis · N. argolica · N. argolica dirphya · N. argolica subsp. dirphya · N. argolica subsp. malacotrichos · N. argolica subsp. vourinensis · N. aristata · N. arragonensis · N. assadii · N. assurgens · N. asterotricha · N. astorensis · N. atlantica · N. atroviridis · N. aucheri · N. austriaca · N. azurea · N. badachschanica · N. badamdarica · N. bakhtiarica · N. balbisii · N. ballotaefolia · N. balouchestanica · N. barbara · N. barbata · N. barfakensis · N. basilicoides · N. baytopii · N. bellevii · N. beltrani · N. beltranii · N. bertramii · N. betonicifolia · N. betonicifolia somkhetica · N. betonicifolia strictifolia · N. betonicifolia subsp. somkhetica · N. betonicifolia subsp. strictifolia · N. betonicoides · N. biebersteiniana · N. biloba

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Last Revised: 2008-10-03