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);
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae, Nepeta nervosa from Kashmir-GSMAY75/78 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) 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 ! 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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