Description

Nepeta japonica. It is an annual herb, from 60 to 100 cm in height. It is with a strong aroma. Erect stems are, four angle - and with branches at the top and the base brownish purple. The entire plant is covered with whitish pubescence. The leaves are opposite. The flowers are verticillaster and multiple rings meet at the top of the branch and form the peak 3 to 13 cm. The flowers are small, with funnel-shaped calyx and the reddish purple Crown. Carpels are 4, moreno, oblongo-prismatica, about 1.5 mm long, approximately 0.7 mm in diameter, and with a smooth surface. The flowering season is from July to September and the time of fruit is from September to November. Habitats include slope, road, and in the Valley of the altitude between 540 to 2700 m. Most are grown but some growing in the wild. 

The aerial parts, peak, and stems contain volatile oil 1.12% and 1.69% 0.60% respectively, schizoneptoside, schizonol, flavonoids, etc. And the main components of the volatile oil are pulegone, menthone, isomenthone, isopulegona, etc..

Properties

Aromatherapy.

germinación

It germinates very easy, it is not necessary to pre-germinativo treatment. Directly on the substrate, without burying seeds, only you must press them lightly into the substrate, to water them do so from below by submerging the pot in a bowl with a little water, and the pot absorbing water from below, so that seeds not they are buried. Nepeta seeds need light to germinate, but not Sun direct, should move away from the Sun until they germinate, can take 3 to 4 weeks to germinate. Temperature 15 ° C - 25 ° C

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