Home › Entities › taxon › Nepeta cataria

Nepeta cataria

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161139
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Nepeta cataria is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,069 views/month, #355 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Nepeta[4]
  • Taxon name: Nepeta cataria[5]
  • Subclass of: perennial plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], vegetable[8], tea[9], anxiolytic[10]
  • Commons category: Nepeta cataria[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nepeta cataria[12]
  • Commons gallery: Nepeta cataria[13]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2)[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25165[15]
  • This taxon is source of: catnip[16], catnip oil[17]
  • Short name: N. cataria[18]
  • Taxon common name: Echte Katzenminze[19], catnip[20], catswort[21], or catmint[22], Harilik naistenõges[23], Cataire[24], Paprastoji katžolė[25], wilde kattenkruid[26], Котовник кошачий[27], кошачья мята[28], Kattmynta[29], Kedi nanesi[30], Nezle otu[31], katherbo[32]

Body

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 48622[33] and 203534[34]. Nepeta cataria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39347[35]. Nepeta cataria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 595653[36]. Nepeta cataria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5341499[37]. Nepeta cataria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32623[38].

Why It Matters

Nepeta cataria has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Beijing People's Republic of China

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Nepeta cataria. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nepeta-cataria
MLA “Nepeta cataria.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nepeta-cataria.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nepeta-cataria_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Nepeta cataria}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nepeta-cataria}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Nepeta cataria — https://4ort.xyz/entity/nepeta-cataria (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nepeta-cataria · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → nepeta-cataria
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 14w ago · Balles2601 · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Nepeta cataria 2601.jpg, Nepeta cataria Sturm24.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Nepeta cataria 2601.jpg"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007284703005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.