Nepeta italica subsp. troodi

Nepeta italica subsp. troodi, synonym Nepeta troodi, commonly known as Troodos cat-mint is a suberect, aromatic, perennial herb, 20–50 cm high, with a woody base and hairy tetragonal shoots. The leaves are opposite, simple, serrate, cordate at the base, deltoid, with an obtuse apex, 1-4 x 0.6–2 cm, petiolate, densely hairy. The flowers are arranged in many flowered verticillasters, and are zygomorphic, with a white corolla white and a dotted purple lower lip. It flowers June to October. The fruit is composed of 4 nutlets.^[2]

Nepeta italica subsp. troodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Nepeta
Species:	N. italica
Subspecies:	N. i. subsp. troodi
Trinomial name
Nepeta italica subsp. troodi (Holmboe) A.L.Budantsev
Synonyms[1]
Nepeta troodi Holmboe

Distribution and habitat

The subspecies is endemic to Cyprus where it is confined to the higher peaks of Troödos where it is not uncommon: Khnionistra, Prodromos, Troodos Square, Loumata Aeton, Xerocolymbos, and Papoutsa. It is found on rocky slopes, in forest clearings or under pines on igneous rocks, at altitudes of 1100–1950 m.^{[citation needed]}