Lamiaceae FAMILY

Nepeta longibracteata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nepeta longibracteata is a perennial plant with a creeping, woody rootstock and stems that sometimes become more or less woody, at least near the base, and persist. The slender stems can be prostrate or ascending; the plant usually growing around 9 - 12cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAsia - Himalayan regions of northeast Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, northwest India, China (Xinjiang, Xizang)

HabitatRocks, screes, moraines and snow-beds; at elevations from 3,500 - 4,900 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. ]. Stony or gravelly alpine slopes;; at elevations from 4,900 - 5,300 metres in western China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].