| Woolly Catmint |
|
 |
|
| File size | 469671 |
| Original date | 7/13/17 1:01 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 30.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
 |
 ative |
 |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: Nepeta floccosa Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Woolly Catmint is a pleasantly aromatic,
clump-forming perennial herb, prominently found on the stony slopes of
Ladakh. It is readily distinguished by its greyish, lemon-scented
leaves densely covered with woolly white hairs. Flowers are
pinkish-mauve to blue, borne in densely rounded, widely spaced woolly
whorls. Whorls are 1.5-2 cm across. Flowers are about 8 mm, with
slender flower-tube twice as long as the sepal-cup which is densely
hairy, purple, with linear pointed sepals. Leaves are 1-5 cm long,
rounded-heart-shaped, obscurely toothed. The stems are up to 2 ft tall.
Woolly Catmint is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Uttarakhand,
at altitudes of 2700-4400 m. Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Phyang, Ladakh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,