Nepeta tuberosa L. subsp. tuberosa
Diagnostic description:
A tall, sometimes branching, hairy and sometimes sticky, herbaceous perennial, to 1m. Leaves 4 to 10 cm long, lanceolate, crenate, densely soft-hairy. Flowers about 1 cm long, purple to violet, in dense verticillasters, forming a long, slender spike. Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, purple, 5 to 12 mm long. Nutlets 1.4 to 1.7 mm long.
Distribution:
Local: Very rare in Gibraltar. Found at Bruce’s Farm firebreak, along Inglis Way.
Global: Found in south and central Spain and Portugal.
Ecology:
Flowers from May to June.
Habitat:
A plant of clearings and waysides.