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Nepeta italica subsp. troodi

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Subspecies of flowering plant

Nepeta italica subsp. troodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Nepeta
Species: N. italica
Subspecies: N. i. subsp. troodi
Trinomial name
Nepeta italica subsp. troodi
(Holmboe) A.L.Budantsev
Synonyms
  • Nepeta troodi Holmboe

Nepeta italica subsp. troodi, synonym Nepeta troodi, commonly known as Troodos cat-mint is a suberect, aromatic, perennial herb, 20–50 cm high, with a woody base and hairy tetragonal shoots. The leaves are opposite, simple, serrate, cordate at the base, deltoid, with an obtuse apex, 1-4 x 0.6–2 cm, petiolate, densely hairy. The flowers are arranged in many flowered verticillasters, and are zygomorphic, with a white corolla white and a dotted purple lower lip. It flowers June to October. The fruit is composed of 4 nutlets.

Distribution and habitat

The subspecies is endemic to Cyprus where it is confined to the higher peaks of Troödos where it is not uncommon: Khnionistra, Prodromos, Troodos Square, Loumata Aeton, Xerocolymbos, and Papoutsa. It is found on rocky slopes, in forest clearings or under pines on igneous rocks, at altitudes of 1100–1950 m.

References

  1. "Nepeta italica subsp. troodi (Holmboe) A.L.Budantsev". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  2. The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2

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Taxon identifiers
Nepeta italica subsp. troodi
Nepeta troodi


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