Editing Nepeta

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants, known for effect on cats (catnip) in the mint family (Lamiaceae)}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Catnip-blossom.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Nepeta cataria]]'' – "true catnip"
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Nepeta
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)
|synonyms =
*''Afridia'' <small>Duthie (1898)</small>
*''Cataria'' <small>Adans. (1793)</small>
*''Hymenocrater'' {{small|Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (1836)}}
*''Lophanthus'' {{small|Adans. (1763)}}
*''Marmoritis'' {{small|Benth. (1833)}}
*''Oxynepeta'' <small>Bunge (1878)</small>
*''Phyllophyton'' {{small|Kudô (1929)}}
*''Pitardia'' <small>Batt. ex Pit. (1918)</small>
*''Pseudolophanthus'' {{small|Levin (1941)}}
*''Saccilabium'' <small>Rottb. (1778)</small>
*''Saussuria'' <small>Moench (1794)</small>
*''Schizonepeta'' <small>(Benth.) Briq. (1896)</small>
*''Vleckia'' {{small|Raf. (1808)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328179-2 ''Nepeta'' L.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 15 April 2024.</ref>
}}

'''''Nepeta''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Lamiaceae]]. The genus name, from Latin {{wikt-lang|la|nepeta}} (“catnip”), is reportedly in reference to [[Nepi|Nepete]], an ancient [[Etruscan cities|Etruscan city]].<ref name="mbot">[http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/e330/nepeta-x-faassenii.aspx Missouri Botanical Garden: ''Nepeta'' × ''faassenii'']. Accessed January 10, 2013</ref> There are 295 accepted species.<ref name = powo/>

The genus is [[native plant|native]] to Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has also [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] in North America.<ref name=Bram>{{cite book | title = Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia | volume = 5 | isbn = 978-0-8343-0051-4 | author = Leon L. Bram| editor = Robert S. Phillips, Norma H. Dickey | year = 1983 | publisher = Funk & Wagnalls | location = New York}}</ref>

Some members of this group are known as '''[[catnip]]''' or '''catmint''' because of their effect on [[house cat]]s – the [[nepetalactone]] contained in some ''Nepeta'' species binds to the olfactory receptors of cats, typically resulting in temporary [[Euphoria (emotion)|euphoria]].<ref name=catnip_response>{{cite journal|last=Herron|first=Scott|title=Catnip, ''Nepeta cataria'', a Morphological Comparison of Mutant and Wild Type Specimens to Gain an Ethnobotanical Perspective|journal=Economic Botany |year=2003|volume=57|issue=1|pages=135–142|doi=10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0135:cncamc]2.0.co;2|s2cid=29287116 }}</ref>

== Description ==
Most of the species are [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]]s, but some are [[annual plant|annual]]s. They have sturdy stems with opposite heart-shaped, green to gray-green leaves.<ref name="efloras">{{cite journal | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=122138 | title = ''Nepeta'' | journal = [[Flora of China (series)|Flora of China]] | volume = 17 | page = 107}}</ref> ''Nepeta'' plants are usually aromatic in foliage and flowers.

The tubular [[flower]]s can be lavender, blue, white, pink, or lilac, and spotted with tiny lavender-purple dots. The flowers are located in verticillasters grouped on spikes; or the verticillasters are arranged in opposite [[inflorescence|cymes]], [[raceme]]s, or [[panicle]]s – toward the tip of the stems.<ref name="efloras"/>

The calyx is tubular or campanulate, they are slightly curved or straight, and the limbs are often 2-lipped with five teeth. The lower lip is larger, with 3-lobes, and the middle lobe is the largest. The flowers have 4 hairless [[stamen]]s that are nearly parallel, and they ascend under the upper lip of the [[corolla (flower)|corolla]]. Two stamen are longer and stamens of [[gynoecium|pistillate]] flowers are rudimentary. The style protrudes outside of the mouth of the flowers.<ref name="efloras"/>

The fruits are nutlets, which are oblong-ovoid, ellipsoid, ovoid, or obovoid in shape. The surfaces of the nutlets can be slightly ribbed, smooth or warty.<ref name="efloras"/>

== Species ==
295 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
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*''[[Nepeta adenoclada]]'' {{small|Bornm.}}
*''[[Nepeta adenophyta]]'' <small>Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta adenothrix]]'' {{small|(Rech.f.) Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta agrestis]]'' <small>Loisel.</small>
*''[[Nepeta alaghezi]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta alatavica]]'' <small>Lipsky</small>
*''[[Nepeta algeriensis]]'' <small>Noë</small>
*''[[Nepeta allotria]]'' {{small|Rech.f.}}
*''[[Nepeta altimurana]]'' {{small|(Rech.f.) Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta amicorum]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta amoena]]'' <small>Stapf</small>
*''[[Nepeta anamurensis]]'' <small>Gemici & Leblebici</small>
*''[[Nepeta annua]]'' <small>Pall.</small>
*''[[Nepeta apuleji]]'' <small>Ucria</small>
*''[[Nepeta archibaldii]]'' {{small|Rech.f.}}
*''[[Nepeta argolica]]'' <small>Bory & Chaub.</small>
*''[[Nepeta assadii]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta assurgens]]'' <small>Hausskn. & Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta astorensis]]'' <small>Shinwari & Chaudhri</small>
*''[[Nepeta atlantica]]'' <small>Ball</small>
*''[[Nepeta autraniana]]'' <small>Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta avromanica]]'' {{small|Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta azurea]]'' <small>R.Br. ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta badachschanica]]'' <small>Kudrjasch.</small>
*''[[Nepeta bakhtiarica]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta balouchestanica]]'' <small>Jamzad & Ingr.</small>
*''[[Nepeta barbara]]'' {{small|Maire}}
*''[[Nepeta barfakensis]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta batalica]]'' {{small|Reshi}}
*''[[Nepeta baytopii]]'' <small>Hedge & Lamond</small>
*''[[Nepeta bazoftica]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta bellevii]]'' <small>Prain</small>
*''[[Nepeta betonicifolia]]'' <small>C.A.Mey.</small>
*''[[Nepeta binaloudensis]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta bituminosa]]'' {{small|(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta bodeana]]'' <small>Bunge</small>
*''[[Nepeta × boissieri]]'' <small>Willk.</small>
*''[[Nepeta bokhonica]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta bombaiensis]]'' <small>Dalzell</small>
*''[[Nepeta bornmuelleri]]'' <small>Hausskn. ex Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta botschantzevii]]'' <small>Czern.</small>
*''[[Nepeta brachyantha]]'' <small>Rech.f. & Edelb.</small>
*''[[Nepeta bracteata]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta brevifolia]]'' <small>C.A.Mey.</small>
*''[[Nepeta bucharica]]'' <small>Lipsky</small>
*''[[Nepeta caerulea]]'' <small>Aiton</small>
*''[[Nepeta caesarea]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta campestris]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta camphorata]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small>
*''[[Nepeta × campylantha]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta cataria]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta cephalotes]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta chionophila]]'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small>
*''[[Nepeta ciliaris]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta cilicica]]'' <small>Boiss. ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta clarkei]]'' <small>Hook.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta coerulescens]]'' <small>Maxim.</small>
*''[[Nepeta complanata]]'' {{small|Dunn}}
*''[[Nepeta concolor]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta conferta]]'' <small>Hedge & Lamond</small>
*''[[Nepeta congesta]]'' <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small>
*''[[Nepeta connata]]'' <small>Royle ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta consanguinea]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta crinita]]'' <small>Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta crispa]]'' <small>Willd.</small>
*''[[Nepeta curviflora]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta cyanea]]'' <small>Steven</small>
*''[[Nepeta cyrenaica]]'' <small>Quézel & Zaffran</small>
*''[[Nepeta czegemensis]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta czukavinae]]'' {{small|Kamelin & Lazkov}}
*''[[Nepeta daenensis]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta decolorans]]'' {{small|Hemsl.}}
*''[[Nepeta deflersiana]]'' <small>Schweinf. ex Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta densiflora]]'' <small>Kar. & Kir.</small>
*''[[Nepeta dentata]]'' <small>C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan</small>
*''[[Nepeta denudata]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta depauperata]]'' {{small|Benth.}}
*''[[Nepeta dirmencii]]'' <small>Yild. & Dinç</small>
*''[[Nepeta discolor]]'' <small>Royle ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta distans]]'' <small>Royle</small>
*''[[Nepeta drassiana]]'' {{small|Reshi}}
*''[[Nepeta dschuparensis]]'' {{small|Bornm.}}
*''[[Nepeta duthiei]]'' <small>Prain & Mukerjee</small>
*''[[Nepeta elegans]]'' {{small|Lipsky}}
*''[[Nepeta elegantissima]]'' {{small|Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta elliptica]]'' <small>Royle ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta elymaitica]]'' <small>Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta erecta]]'' <small>(Royle ex Benth.) Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta eremokosmos]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta eremophila]]'' <small>Hausskn. & Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta eriosphaera]]'' <small>Rech.f. & Köie</small>
*''[[Nepeta eriostachya]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta ernesti-mayeri]]'' <small>Diklic & V.Nikolic</small>
*''[[Nepeta everardii]]'' <small>S.Moore</small>
*''[[Nepeta × faassenii]]'' <small>Bergmans ex Stearn</small> (''N. nepetella'' × ''N. racemosa'')
*''[[Nepeta flavida]]'' <small>Hub.-Mor.</small>
*''[[Nepeta floccosa]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta foliosa]]'' <small>Moris</small>
*''[[Nepeta fordii]]'' <small>Hemsl.</small>
*''[[Nepeta formosa]]'' <small>Kudrjasch.</small>
*''[[Nepeta freitagii]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta glechomifolia]]'' <small>(Dunn) Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta gloeocephala]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta glomerata]]'' <small>Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta glomerulosa]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta glutinosa]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta gontscharovii]]'' <small>Kudrjasch.</small>
*''[[Nepeta govaniana]]'' <small>(Wall. ex Benth.) Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta graciliflora]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta granatensis]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta grandiflora]]'' <small>M.Bieb.</small>
*''[[Nepeta grata]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta griffithii]]'' <small>Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta gumerica]]'' {{small|Reshi}}
*''[[Nepeta hedgei]]'' {{small|Freitag}}
*''[[Nepeta heinzii]]'' {{small|Idrees}}
*''[[Nepeta heliotropifolia]]'' <small>Lam.</small>
*''[[Nepeta hemsleyana]]'' <small>Oliv. ex Prain</small>
*''[[Nepeta henanensis]]'' <small>C.S.Zhu</small>
*''[[Nepeta hindostana]]'' <small>(B.Heyne ex Roth) Haines</small>
*''[[Nepeta hispanica]]'' <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small>
*''[[Nepeta hormozganica]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta humilis]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta hymenodonta]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta hystrix]]'' {{small|Greuter}}
*''[[Nepeta iranshahrii]]'' {{small|Rech.f.}}
*''[[Nepeta iraqensis]]'' {{small|Dirmenci}}
*''[[Nepeta iraqo-iranica]]'' {{small|Haloob, Bordbar & Qader}}
*''[[Nepeta isaurica]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta ispahanica]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta italica]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta jakupicensis]]'' <small>Micevski</small>
*''[[Nepeta jomdaensis]]'' <small>H.W.Li</small>
*''[[Nepeta juncea]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta knorringiana]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta koeieana]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta kokamirica]]'' <small>Regel</small>
*''[[Nepeta kokanica]]'' <small>Regel</small>
*''[[Nepeta komarovii]]'' <small>E.A.Busch</small>
*''[[Nepeta kotschyi]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta kurdica]]'' <small>Hausskn. & Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta kurramensis]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta ladanolens]]'' <small>Lipsky</small>
*''[[Nepeta laevigata]]'' <small>(D.Don) Hand.-Mazz.</small>
*''[[Nepeta lagopsis]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta lamiifolia]]'' <small>Willd.</small>
*''[[Nepeta lamiopsis]]'' <small>Benth. ex Hook.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta lancefolia]]'' {{small|Reshi}}
*''[[Nepeta lasiocephala]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta latifolia]]'' <small>DC.</small>
*''[[Nepeta laxiflora]]'' {{small|Benth.}}
*''[[Nepeta leucolaena]]'' <small>Benth. ex Hook.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta linearis]]'' <small>Royle ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta lipskyi]]'' <small>Kudrjasch.</small>
*''[[Nepeta longibracteata]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta longiflora]]'' <small>Vent.</small>
*''[[Nepeta longituba]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta lophanthus]]'' {{small|(L.) Fisch. ex Loew}}
*''[[Nepeta ludlow-hewittii]]'' <small>Blakelock</small>
*''[[Nepeta macrosiphon]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta mahanensis]]'' <small>Jamzad & M.Simmonds</small>
*''[[Nepeta manchuriensis]]'' <small>S.Moore</small>
*''[[Nepeta mariae]]'' <small>Regel</small>
*''[[Nepeta maussarifii]]'' <small>Lipsky</small>
*''[[Nepeta melissifolia]]'' <small>Lam.</small>
*''[[Nepeta membranifolia]]'' <small>C.Y.Wu</small>
*''[[Nepeta menthoides]]'' <small>Boiss. & Buhse</small>
*''[[Nepeta meyeri]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta michauxii]]'' {{small|Briq.}}
*''[[Nepeta micrantha]]'' <small>Bunge</small>
*''[[Nepeta minuticephala]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta mirzayanii]]'' <small>Rech.f. & Esfand.</small>
*''[[Nepeta monocephala]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta monticola]]'' <small>Kudr.</small>
*''[[Nepeta multibracteata]]'' <small>Desf.</small>
*''[[Nepeta multicaulis]]'' <small>Mukerjee</small>
*''[[Nepeta multifida]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta narynensis]]'' {{small|Kamelin & Lazkov}}
*''[[Nepeta natanzensis]]'' <small>Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta nawarica]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta neocalycina]]'' {{small|Idrees}}
*''[[Nepeta nepalensis]]'' <small>Spreng.</small>
*''[[Nepeta nepetella]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta nepetoides]]'' <small>(Batt. ex Pit.) Harley</small>
*''[[Nepeta nervosa]]'' <small>Royle ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta nivalis]]'' {{small|Benth.}}
*''[[Nepeta nuda]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta obtusicrena]]'' <small>Boiss. & Kotschy ex Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta odorifera]]'' <small>Lipsky</small>
*''[[Nepeta olgae]]'' <small>Regel</small>
*''[[Nepeta orphanidea]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta ouroumitanensis]]'' {{small|Franch.}}
*''[[Nepeta oxyodonta]]'' {{small|Boiss.}}
*''[[Nepeta pabotii]]'' <small>Mouterde</small>
*''[[Nepeta padamica]]'' {{small|Reshi}}
*''[[Nepeta paktiana]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta pamirensis]]'' <small>Franch.</small>
*''[[Nepeta parnassica]]'' <small>Heldr. & Sart.</small>
*''[[Nepeta paucifolia]]'' <small>Mukerjee</small>
*''[[Nepeta persica]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta petraea]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta phyllochlamys]]'' <small>P.H.Davis</small>
*''[[Nepeta pilinux]]'' <small>P.H.Davis</small>
*''[[Nepeta pinetorum]]'' {{small|Aitch. & Hemsl.}}
*''[[Nepeta platystegia]]'' {{small|(Rech.f.) Jamzad & Serpoosh. ex Idrees}}
*''[[Nepeta podlechii]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta podostachys]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta pogonosperma]]'' <small>Jamzad & Assadi</small>
*''[[Nepeta polyodonta]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta praetervisa]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta prattii]]'' <small>H.Lév.</small>
*''[[Nepeta prostrata]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta pseudokokanica]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta pubescens]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta pungens]]'' <small>(Bunge) Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta racemosa]]'' <small>Lam.</small>
*''[[Nepeta raphanorhiza]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta rechingeri]]'' <small>Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta rivularis]]'' <small>Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta roopiana]]'' <small>Bordz.</small>
*''[[Nepeta rotundifolia]]'' {{small|(Benth.) Benth.}}
*''[[Nepeta rtanjensis]]'' <small>Diklic & Milojevic</small>
*''[[Nepeta rubella]]'' <small>A.L.Budantzev</small>
*''[[Nepeta rugosa]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta saccharata]]'' <small>Bunge</small>
*''[[Nepeta sahandica]]'' {{small|Noroozi & Ajani}}
*''[[Nepeta santoana]]'' <small>Popov</small>
*''[[Nepeta saturejoides]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta schiraziana]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta schmidii]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta schrenkii]]'' {{small|(Levin) Sennikov}}
*''[[Nepeta schtschurowskiana]]'' {{small|Regel}}
*''[[Nepeta schugnanica]]'' <small>Lipsky</small>
*''[[Nepeta scordotis]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta septemcrenata]]'' <small>Ehrenb. ex Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta sessilifolia]]'' {{small|Bunge}}
*''[[Nepeta sessilis]]'' <small>C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan</small>
*''[[Nepeta shahmirzadensis]]'' <small>Assadi & Jamzad</small>
*''[[Nepeta sheilae]]'' <small>Hedge & R.A.King</small>
*''[[Nepeta sibirica]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta sorgerae]]'' <small>Hedge & Lamond</small>
*''[[Nepeta sosnovskyi]]'' <small>Askerova</small>
*''[[Nepeta souliei]]'' <small>H.Lév.</small>
*''[[Nepeta spathulifera]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta sphaciotica]]'' <small>P.H.Davis</small>
*''[[Nepeta spruneri]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta stachyoides]]'' <small>Coss. ex Batt.</small>
*''[[Nepeta staintonii]]'' <small>Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta stenantha]]'' <small>Kotschy & Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta stewartiana]]'' <small>Diels</small>
*''[[Nepeta straussii]]'' <small>Hausskn. & Bornm.</small>
*''[[Nepeta stricta]]'' <small>(Banks & Sol.) Hedge & Lamond</small>
*''[[Nepeta suavis]]'' <small>Stapf</small>
*''[[Nepeta subcaespitosa]]'' <small>Jehan</small>
*''[[Nepeta subhastata]]'' <small>Regel</small>
*''[[Nepeta subincisa]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta subintegra]]'' <small>Maxim.</small>
*''[[Nepeta subnivalis]]'' {{small|(Lipsky) Sennikov}}
*''[[Nepeta subsessilis]]'' <small>Maxim.</small>
*''[[Nepeta sudanica]]'' <small>F.W.Andrews</small>
*''[[Nepeta sulfuriflora]]'' <small>P.H.Davis</small>
*''[[Nepeta sulphurea]]'' <small>C. Koch</small>
*''[[Nepeta sungpanensis]]'' <small>C.Y.Wu</small>
*''[[Nepeta supina]]'' <small>Steven</small>
*''[[Nepeta taxkorganica]]'' <small>Y.F.Chang</small>
*''[[Nepeta tenuiflora]]'' <small>Diels</small>
*''[[Nepeta tenuifolia]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
*''[[Nepeta teucriifolia]]'' <small>Willd.</small>
*''[[Nepeta teydea]]'' <small>Webb & Berthel.</small>
*''[[Nepeta tibestica]]'' <small>Maire</small>
*''[[Nepeta × tmolea]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta trachonitica]]'' <small>Post</small>
*''[[Nepeta transiliensis]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta trautvetteri]]'' <small>Boiss. & Buhse</small>
*''[[Nepeta trichocalyx]]'' <small>Greuter & Burdet</small>
*''[[Nepeta tschimganica]]'' {{small|(Lipsky) Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta tuberosa]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta turcica]]'' {{small|(Dirmenci, Yıldız & Hedge) Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta tytthantha]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta uberrima]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small>
*''[[Nepeta ucranica]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Nepeta veitchii]]'' <small>Duthie</small>
*''[[Nepeta velutina]]'' <small>Pojark.</small>
*''[[Nepeta viscida]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
*''[[Nepeta vivianii]]'' <small>(Coss.) Bég. & Vacc.</small>
*''[[Nepeta wettsteinii]]'' <small>Heinr.Braun</small>
*''[[Nepeta wilsonii]]'' <small>Duthie</small>
*''[[Nepeta woodiana]]'' <small>Hedge</small>
*''[[Nepeta wuana]]'' {{small|H.J.Dong, C.L.Xiang & Jamzad}}
*''[[Nepeta yanthina]]'' <small>Franch.</small>
*''[[Nepeta yazdiana]]'' {{small|(Rech.f.) Jamzad & Serpoosh.}}
*''[[Nepeta yesoensis]]'' <small>(Franch. & Sav.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
*''[[Nepeta zandaensis]]'' <small>H.W.Li</small>
*''[[Nepeta zangezura]]'' <small>Grossh.</small>
{{div col end}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Nepeta curviflora 1.jpg|Flower spikes of ''[[Nepeta curviflora]]''
Nepeta govaniana.jpg|''[[Nepeta govaniana]]''
Nepeta grandiflora-IMG 0604.jpg|''[[Nepeta grandiflora]]''
Nepeta subsessilis 1.jpg|''[[Nepeta subsessilis]]''
</gallery>

== Uses ==

=== Cultivation ===
Some ''Nepeta'' species are cultivated as [[ornamental plant]]s. They can be drought tolerant – water conserving, often deer repellent, with long bloom periods from late spring to autumn. Some species also have repellent properties to insect pests, including [[aphid]]s and squash bugs, when planted in a garden.<ref name="mbot"/>

''Nepeta'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] ([[butterfly]] and [[moth]]) species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora albitarsella]]'', and as nectar sources for [[pollinator]]s, such as [[honey bee]]s and [[hummingbird]]s.

;Selected ornamental species
* ''[[Nepeta cataria]]'' (catnip, catswort) – the "true catnip", cultivated as an ornamental plant, has become an [[invasive species]] in some habitats.
* ''[[Nepeta grandiflora]]'' (giant catmint, Caucasus catmint) – lusher than true catnip and has dark green leaves and dark blue flowers.
* [[Nepeta × faassenii|''Nepeta'' × ''faassenii'']] (garden catmint) – a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] of garden source with gray-green foliage and lavender flowers. It is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant.<ref name="mbot"/>  The cultivar 'Walker's Low' was named Perennial of the Year for 2007 by the Perennial Plant Association.<ref name=ornamentaloutlook/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://msucares.com/news/print/sgnews/sg06/sg061228.html| title = msucares.com: sgnews}}</ref>
* ''[[Nepeta racemosa]]'' (raceme catnip) – commonly used in landscaping.<ref name=ornamentaloutlook>{{cite web| url = http://www.ornamentaloutlook.com/nursery/index.php?storyid=324| title = ornamental Outlook}}</ref> It is hardy, rated for [[Hardiness zone|USDA hardiness zone]] 5b.<ref name=chicagobotanic>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobotanic.org/downloads/planteval_notes/no29_catmint.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/http://www.chicagobotanic.org/downloads/planteval_notes/no29_catmint.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10 |url-status=live|title=Chicago Botanic Garden Plant Evaluation Notes|author=Richard G. Hawke}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Further reading ===
* {{cite book | last = Jacobs | first = Betty E.M. | title = Growing and Using Herbs Successfully | publisher = Garden Way Publishing | location = Pownal, Vermont | year = 1981}}
* {{cite web | url = https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-how-does-catnip-work-on-cats/ | title = How does catnip work its magic on cats? | first = Ramona | last = Turner | work = [[Scientific American]] | date = May 29, 2007 | access-date = February 14, 2009}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Nepeta}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124048/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8172 GRIN Species Records of ''Nepeta'']
* [http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=110&start_taxon_id=122138 Flora of Nepal: ''Nepeta']
* [https://www.drugs.com/npc/catnip.html Drugs.com: Catnip]
* [http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/83/8331catnip.htmlPubs.acs.org:  "Nepetalactone: What is in catnip anyway?"]
* [http://science.howstuffworks.com/question303.htm HowStuffWorks, Inc.: ''How does catnip work?'']
* [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010828075659.htm Sciencedaily.com: "Catnip Repels Mosquitoes More Effectively Than DEET"] – ''reported at the 2001 American Chemical Society meeting''.

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