Nepeta cataria

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLamiaceae
Family (Traditional)Lamiaceae
GenusNepeta
Species:Nepeta cataria L.
Common NameCatnip; Catmint
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: Yes; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Type: Nutlet; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bracken (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Estill (KY), Franklin (KY), Jackson (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Menifee (KY), Mercer (KY), Nicholas (KY), Oldham (KY), Pendleton (KY), Robertson (KY), Shelby (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Bradley (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hawkins (TN), Hickman (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Putnam (TN), Sevier (TN), Smith (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1940 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100744349 Clinton Kentucky 05 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-426
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512654 Menifee Kentucky 13 Jul 1989 Carol Hanley
105
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512621 Jackson Kentucky 00 August 1989 J. Abner
89-203
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512613 Franklin Kentucky 23 Jul 1976 W. E. B.
FR-224
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512670 Robertson Kentucky 11 Jul 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7460
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512597 Estill Kentucky 01 Jul 1988 Richard G. Guetig
737
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512563 Anderson Kentucky 28 Jun 1978 William S . Bryant
18
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512639 Madison Kentucky 18 Jul 1982 Ronald L. Jones
3762
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512662 Mercer Kentucky 03 Aug 1991 David D. Taylor
16075
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512571 Clinton Kentucky 12 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-492
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100744356 Clinton Kentucky 04 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-425
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512589 Crittenden Kentucky 12 Jul 1979 Raymond Athey
4372
EKY
Nepeta cataria
N/A Menifee Kentucky 13 Jul 1989 Carol Hanley
105
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512647 Madison Kentucky 31 Jul 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3114
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31234100512605 Franklin Kentucky Steven Rice
FR-105
EKY
Nepeta cataria
31973000014824 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Nepeta cataria
31973000014825 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Nepeta cataria
31973000014822 Nicholas Kentucky
KNK
Nepeta cataria
31973000014826 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187830 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187834 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187825 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187845 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187829 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187865 Oldham Kentucky
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187866 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187841 Crittenden Kentucky
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187838 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187831 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187824 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187854 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187836 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187828 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187835 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187837 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187827 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187826 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187853 Anderson Kentucky
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187832 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187833 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
TENN-V-0187823 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Nepeta cataria
APSC0012030 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Nepeta cataria
APSC0067644 Shelby Kentucky
APSC
Nepeta cataria
APSC0012031 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Nepeta cataria
APSC0012029 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Nepeta cataria
APSC0076291 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Nepeta cataria
BEREA015873 Cannon Tennessee
BEREA
Nepeta cataria
BRIT127876 Davidson Tennessee 01 Aug 1948 Lucy Parnell
135
VDB
Nepeta cataria
MEM005871 Marshall Kentucky 22 Jun 1972 Raymond Athey
1880
MEM
Nepeta cataria
APSC0083173 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018240 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018234 Bradley Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018235 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018242 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018241 Smith Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018243 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018233 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018245 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018244 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
BRIT127879 Grundy Tennessee 01 Jul 1944 Jesse M. Shaver
7866
VDB
Nepeta cataria
UCHT025299 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Nepeta cataria
ETSU018732 Knox Tennessee
ETSU
Nepeta cataria
BRIT127880 Sullivan Tennessee 02 Sep 2000 D. D. Spaulding
10
VDB
Nepeta cataria
ETSU018730 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Nepeta cataria
BRIT127881 Williamson Tennessee 14 Jun 1987 Lisa Kelly
752
VDB
Nepeta cataria
ETSU034910 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Nepeta cataria
ETSU018731 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Nepeta cataria
UCHT034585 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018238 Maury Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
HTTU018239 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Nepeta cataria
MTSU020257 Bedford Tennessee 23 Apr 2000 Joey Simmons
MTSU
Nepeta cataria
BRIT127877 Davidson Tennessee 04 Aug 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
9125
VDB
Nepeta cataria
BRIT127878 Davidson Tennessee 07 Jul 2016 Jesse M. Shaver
9121
VDB
Nepeta cataria
ETSU018733 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Nepeta cataria
ETSU027143 Sullivan Tennessee 11 Jul 2018 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
18222
ETSU
Nepeta cataria
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