Nepeta nuda L. subsp. nuda

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Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Nepeta// Species: Nepeta nuda L.// Subspecies: Nepeta nuda L. subsp. nuda.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).

Habitat:  Grasslands, pastures, bushlands, edges an clearings of oak and European beech forests.

Distribution: Native to Europe to Siberia, China – Xinjiang and Iran according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Lifeform: Perennial – hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.

Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – upper part of plant with inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – verticillasters. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake ‘Gradche” and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda – verticillasters. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Nepeta nuda subsp. nuda Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77171299-1 [Accessed 27.01.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.