Lamiaceae

Raceme catnip

Nepeta racemosa Lam.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Nepeta

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Raceme catnip (Nepeta racemosa) — FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Chinese: 总花猫薄荷, 倒伏荆芥, 总序荆芥
Czech: Šanta hroznovitá
Dutch: Blauw kattenkruid
English: Raceme catnip, Dwarf catnip
Finnish: Katinminttu
German: Trauben-Katzenminze
Norwegian Bokmål: Hagekattemynte
Persian: پونهسای البرزی
Slovak: Kocúrnik Mussiniho
Swedish: Bergnepeta

Synonyms

Glechoma racemosa (Lam.) Kuntze
Nepeta grandiflora var. racemosa (Lam.) Kusn.

Flowers

In flower: April to August (from 81 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: olmagon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Fischer Max, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jessica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Ilona Jakab Bajan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Paul Braun, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: @herbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.