Nepeta nepetella L. subsp. amethystina (Poiret)Briq.

Spice Flowers detail In the field

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Nepeta

Catalan common name: Herba de les palomes.

Spanish common name: Hierba gatera.

Province distribution: Alacant. Castelló. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Quercus coccifera and Rhamnus oleoides continental maquis. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Uncultivated fields.