Nepeta discolor Royle ex Benth., Bot. Misc. 3: 378 (1833) (syn: Nepeta discolor var. kargilica Reshi; Nepeta sabinei J.A.Schmidt);
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NE. Afghanistan to Tibet: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Benth, in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 378, Lab. 470, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; rootstock elongate, stems weak ascending glabrous or villous, leaves small petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, spikes ovoid or cylindric, bracts elliptic mucronate, calyx 1/4 in. sessile villous, teeth filiform as long as the tube. Sabinei, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1868, 238, t. 82, f. 1-4.
WESTERN TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Gurwhal and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 10-15,000 ft.—DISTRIB. Affghanistan.
Closely resembles in habit and foliage large forms of N. raphanorhiza, but wants the tuberous rootstock, and has much longer spikes with long calyx-teeth as in N. spicata. Leaves often white with appressed tomentum beneath. Flowers white or pale blue.
(Attributions: IBIS Flora (Flora of British India))
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Ladakh, August 2022 :: Nepeta for ID :: ARK2022-177: 2 high res. images.
This was on the other side of Chang la on the way to Leh, Ladakh in August 2022.
Requested to please provide ID.
Nepeta discolor Royle ex Benth.
Maybe.
Pl. check images at
https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/892011-Nepeta-discolor/browse_photos
PM01-04082021-plant id from Pangi valley, HP: 2 images.
Habit- A small Herb with bright blue colored inflorescence.
I am sorry, I don’t have clear images of leaves and whole plant.
Date-July 2021
Yes, in fact image information is not sufficient. No habitat, leaf and flower close-up images. Please check Prunella vulgaris L. !
Not Prunella vulgaris
Some other Lamiaceae member.
Might be some Phlomis member (now few in Phlomoides). Not Prunella as rightly pointed out.
May I request you to pl. post high res. images to check the details.
This may be some species of Nepeta as per comparative images herein.
I am sorry sir. I have only two images of this plant posted here.
Pl. post original images. I want to see the details of calyx.
Yes …, it is best to search in Nepeta…
Sir, please find the another image of this plant
1 image
One possibility is Nepeta laevigata (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz., but I am unable to see the calyx lobes learly in the posted images.
Thank u sir. nxt time I will try to get closeup images of plant
Yes, N. laevigata is the close possibility.
Please check Nepeta discolor Royle ex Benth.
Yes, appears close as per images at
https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Two-Color%20Catmint.html
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China Flora of Pakistan Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (Flora of British India) Wikipedia iNaturalist