Nepeta racemosa
Nepeta racemosa
Pisikotu
Perennial, aromatic; stems many, decumbent, ascending or erect, 20-50 cm, thickly ± adpressed eglandular-tomentose with scattered sessile glands. Leaves small, ± horizontally spreading, 1-3 x 0.5-2 cm, ovate, crenate, cordate, venation prominent, ± discolorous, ± densely adpressed canescent below with numerous sessile glands; petiole 0.3-1.5 cm. Inflorescence of many c. 7-15-flowered distant verticillasters, lowermost shortly pedunculate. Bracteoles inconspicuous, narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 mm. Calyx broadly tubular, 6-10 mm, densely softly tomentose, ± violet, strongly curved, mouth oblique; upper teeth 1-2 mm, clearly longer than lower, narrowly lanceolate. Corolla deep violet to lilac-blue, 10-18 mm; tube narrow, widening above, curved. Nutlets oblong to obovoid, rounded-trigonous, 1.8-2.5 x 1.2 mm, flatly tuberculate. Fl. 6-8. Rocky limestone and igneous slopes, screes, with Pinus sylvestris, fieldsides, 1500-2800 m.
Caucasia, N. & N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.
