| Smooth Catmint |
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| File size | 445642 |
| Original date | 6/22/15 11:42 AM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Nepeta laevigata Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Betonica laevigata, Nepeta spicata, Nepeta nuristanica
Synonyms: Betonica laevigata, Nepeta spicata, Nepeta nuristanica
Smooth Catmint is an erect perennial herb, 1-3 ft cm tall, with usually
branched stems. Flowers are blue-purple, borne in dense whorls crowded
into long spikes, 5-10 cm long, at the end of stems. Sometimes there are
one or few widely spaced whorls at the base. Flowers are 8-12 mm, with
the flower-tube much longer than the sepal cup. Upper lip is deeply
2-lobed, lower lip short, rounded. Sepals are linear-lanceshaped
long-pointed, bristly-hairy, as long as the sepal cup. Lower bracts are
ovate, the upper lanceshaped, purplish. Leaves are ovate pointed to
triangular-ovate, usually stalked, 2.5-5 cm long, coarsely
saw-toothed. Smooth Catmint is found on the open slopes of drier areas in
the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to SW China, at altitudes of 2000-4500 m. Flowering: July-October.
| Identification credit: Varun Sharma, Gurcharan Singh, J.M. Garg | Photographed on Govindghat-Ghanghria trail, Uttarakhand & Manali, Himachal Pradesh. |
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