Author | L. | |
Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains; scattered east to the inner Coastal Plain. Absent from the Sandhills and the central and eastern Coastal Plain. First collected in 1930 at a farmyard in Haywood County.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. throughout except FL. | |
Abundance | Frequent in the Mountains; rare to uncommon elsewhere. | |
Habitat | Barnyards, pig lot, garden weed, pathside mulch, meadow, river edge, rocky slope. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-October. | |
Identification | Catnip stems are usually much branched and 2-3 feet tall. The leaves are noticeably triangular in shape (the base the shortest side), with marginal teeth. The plant is essentially covered with very short, dense, fine pubescence. The flowers are white, the lower lobe dotted with purple; they grow from axils and terminally in dense to loose clusters. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | FACU link |
USACE-emp | FACU link |