species
Nepeta cataria
Catnip · Catmint · Cat-mint · Catswort
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Nepeta cataria belongs to the family Lamiaceae, also known as Catnip, Catmint, Cat-mint or Catswort, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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