Lamiaceae FAMILY

Nepeta podostachys

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nepeta podostachys is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial plant growing from a woody rootstock; it produces many erect, branched stems around 30 - 50cm tall, occasionally up to 70cm[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 287 Title Flora of Pakistan Publication Author Website http://www.efloras.org Publisher Year ISBN Description As of 2006, there is not much information on habitats available, but it is being developed and promises to be an excellent resource. , 2160 Title Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas Publication Author Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors) Publisher Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland Year 2020 ISBN 978-83-954123-5-6 Description An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of an essential oil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral to eastern Asia - Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, northwest India.

HabitatSteppes, xeric shrubs, forbs; at elevations from 1,200 - 4,100 metres[ 2160 Title Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas Publication Author Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors) Publisher Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland Year 2020 ISBN 978-83-954123-5-6 Description An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence. ]. Upper zone of wood and scrub belt; juniper groves, rosariums, in alpine belt in meadows and steppe coenoses, open stony and gravelly slopes[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].