Nepeta, Bentham

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 160

Sect. Oxynepeta Bentham . Leaves petiolate. Cymes fewflowered, in diffusely branched, patent inflorescences. Bracts leaf-like; bracteoles shorter than thecalyx. Calyx-tubecylindrical, straight, sparsely hairy within; upper teeth longer than the lower. Flowers unisexual; central flowers of each cyme female, the stamens represented by staminodes; outer flowers male, with a rudimentary pistil. Nutlets tuberculate.