• Family : Lamiaceae
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Nepeta alii Jehan; Nepeta floccosa var. densiflora Reshi; Nepeta kunlunshanica C.Y.Yang & B.Wang; Nepeta vakhanica Pojark.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nepeta floccosa Benth.
• Common name : Woolly Catmint
• Vernacular name : Shamalolo, Shangukaram (Ladakhi)
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Grows on stony alpine and gravelly slopes, valleys; 2700 - 4400 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Clump-forming perennial herb, prominently found on the stony slopes of Ladakh.
• Key identification features : Cymes mostly on long horizontally-spreading peduncles; corolla 8-13 mm in length
• Flower, Fruit : May-September
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
• Native : Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Afghanistan to North-West China and India
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 200; Hassan T., Dar G. H. & Khuroo A. A., (2011). TAXONOMIC STATUS OF GENUS NEPETA L. (LAMIACEAE) IN KASHMIR HIMALAYA, INDIA. IRAN. J. BOT. 17 (2)
• 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 floccosa. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.

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