| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Nepeta racemosa Lam. |
| Bibliography | Encycl. 1: 711 (1785) |
| Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2800m |
| Description | leaves ovate, cordate, grey-green, adaxially distinctly veined, abaxially pallid, 1-3cm long, flowers to 18mm long in lax spike, calyx mauve |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | bluish lilac, violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Glechoma marifolia (Boiss. & A.Huet) Kuntze Glechoma mussinii (Spreng.) Kuntze Glechoma racemosa (Lam.) Kuntze Nepeta cyanotricha Tausch Nepeta diffusa Fisch. ex Spreng. Nepeta elbursensis Rech.f. Nepeta grandiflora var. marifolia (Kuntze) Kusn. Nepeta grandiflora var. mussinii (Spreng.) Kusn. Nepeta grandiflora var. racemosa (Lam.) Kusn. Nepeta hajastana Grossh. Nepeta longiflora Sims Nepeta marifolia Boiss. & A.Huet Nepeta mussinii Spreng.. Nepeta obtusata E.Mey. Nepeta reichenbachiana Fisch & C.A.Mey. Nepeta salviifolia Pers. Nepeta tenuicaulis Boiss. Nepeta transcaucasica Grossh. Nepeta willdenowiana Benth. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |