Clinopodium nepeta

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants magnoliophyta magnoliopsida lamiales lamiaceae clinopodium Clinopodium nepeta

(L.) Kuntze

1891

lesser calamint

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Clinopodium nepeta (synonym: Calamintha nepeta), known as lesser calamint, is a perennial herb of the mint family known for having fragrant, grey-green, oregano like leaves with a pennyroyal smell. This plant commonly grows across the Mediterranean, North Africa and parts of Central Asia and has traditionally been used as a folk medicine and culinary herb. A recent study also found cultivars of lesser catmint that had the same compounds in catnip that cause the euphoric effect in cats, known as nepetalactone....read more on Wikipedia.