Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae Week: Nepeta hindostana from Morni hills

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nepeta hindostana (Roth) Haines, Bot. Bihar Orissa 4:744. 1922

syn: Glechoma hindostana Roth

Common name: Indian catnip

Erect or ascending herb with retrorse or spreading hairs, about 2.5 cm long leaves, as broad, small lilac to purplish flowers forming a lax inflorescence..

Photographed from Morni Hills in April, 2011

  
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