Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate garden

Range

Garden origin

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This hybrid plant grows in sunny garden beds and rocky mountain slopes. Its stems release a chemical compound that triggers a rolling, hyperactive response in felines.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Nepeta