| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Nepeta menthoides Boiss. & Buhse |
| Bibliography | Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 174 (1860) |
| Native Range | Iran to Iraq |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 2600-3800m |
| Description | densely grey tomentose, leaves shortly petiolate, cuneate, oblong, acute, denticulate, whorls sessile, few flowered, approximate in narrow, oblong spike, bracts linear |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) |