Nepeta nervosa Royle ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 378 1833. (Syn: Glechoma nervosa (Royle ex Benth.) Kuntze; Nepeta campestris Hook.f. & Thomson; Nepeta nervosa var. nervosa );
 
Pakistan to Tibet (From WCSP);  
 
Nepeta nervosa Royle ex Benth. in Hook., Bot. Misc. 3: 378. 1833.
Perennial herb; stems 4-angled; leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, up to 8 cm long, crenate serrate, glabrous to sparsely pilose, sessile or on up to 4 mm long petioles; flowers blue in a congested spike up to 7 cm long; outer bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, usually purplish, inner linear, ciliate, as long as calyx; calyx 7-10 mm long with subulate teeth; corolla 12-15 mm long, blue with whitish lower lip.
Photographed from Khillenmarg, Kashmir, alt 3000 m


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Wonderful upload Sir..never seen this !


 

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Need ID PJ3 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 Mb. 
Near Thamsar pass, Himachal, ~4,000 mts, 2016

Only flower image is not sufficient.

Please check Lamiaceae

mountain mint?


Thanks… could be Smooth Catmint (Nepeta laevigata)? 


Looks close.


I think appears more closer to images at Nepeta nervosa Royle ex Benth. rather than those at Nepeta laevigata (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz. as per comparative images at Nepeta


  

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