Biology:Nepeta troodi

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Nepeta troodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Nepeta
Species:	N. troodi
Binomial name
Nepeta troodi Holmboe

Nepeta troodi, commonly known as Troodos cat-mint is a suberect, aromatic, perennial herb, 20–50 cm high, with a woody base and hairy tetragonal shoots. Leaves opposite, simple, serrate, cordate at base, deltoid, apex obtuse, 1-4 x 0.6–2 cm, petiolate, densely hairy. Flowers in many flowered verticillasters, zygomorphic, corolla white with the lower lip dotted purple. Flowers June to October. Fruit of 4 nutlets.

Habitat

Rocky slopes, forest clearings or under pines on igneous rocks, altitude 1100–1950 m.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus where it is confined to the higher peaks of Troödos where it is not uncommon: Khnionistra, Prodromos, Troodos Square, Loumata Aeton, Xerocolymbos, Papoutsa.

External links

• http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo262007.htm
• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-135049
• http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/mpu017442
• http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/All/4899F3295C11C687C22577A70036E161/$file/Nepeta troodi-1.jpg?OpenElement
• http://eurekamag.com/research/008/160/anatomical-phytochemical-study-nepeta-troodi-holmboe-labiatae-endemic-cyprus.php
• http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Nepeta troodi

Wikidata ☰ Q16986411 entry