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Catnip/Catmint

Nepeta cataria

Photo by AmberLundeen
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Field Notes

Description:

http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week336.shtml

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Nepeta cataria

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
ScottRasmussen
It's a mint of some sort. It's a little hard to tell, but I'm going to suggest that it's catnip, Nepeta cataria (http://www.missouriplants.com/Whiteopp/Nepeta_cataria_page.html). If you have a cat, take a sprig home and see how it reacts...

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PublishedJuly 14, 2011

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