Syrian Catnip / قَطْرَم مُقَوَّس الزَّهْر / / حبق

قطرم سوري / نعنع البس / النعناع البري السوري

Nepeta curviflora Boiss.

Flowers, May. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to July
Seed collection period
June to September

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Dark blue
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Nepeta
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q15345337
GBIF Item
Nepeta curviflora Boiss. (5610626)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Nepeta curviflora Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-23.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Nepeta curviflora Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/575 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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