• Family : Lamiaceae
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
• Basionym : Dracocephalum erectum Royle ex Benth.
• Synonym(s) : Nepeta macrantha Ledeb. ex Hook.f.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nepeta erecta (Royle ex Benth.) Benth.
• Common name : Erect Catmint
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Forest and open slopes
• Comments / notes : Pubescent erect herbs.
• Key identification features : Leaves petioled. Whorls distant, sessile. Corolla blue
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
• Native : East Afghanistan to W. Himalaya.
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 332; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 222
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Nepeta erecta. Downloaded on 3 July 2022.

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