荆芥Nepeta cataria

中文名(Chinese Name):荆芥
学名(Scientific Name):Nepeta cataria L.
英文名(English Common Name):catnip
别名(Chinese Common Name):小薄荷、樟脑草
异名(Synonym):Nepeta bodinieri Vaniot  Calamintha albiflora Vaniot  Cataria tomentosa Gilib.  Cataria vulgaris Gaterau  Glechoma cataria (L.) Kuntze  Glechoma macrura (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Kuntze  Nepeta cataria var. citriodora (Dumort.) Lej.  Nepeta laurentii Sennen  Nepeta macrura Ledeb. ex Spreng.  Nepeta minor Mill.  Nepeta vulgaris Lam.
科属Family & Genus):唇形科(Labiatae)荆芥属
形态特征Description):多年生植物。茎坚强,基部木质化,多分枝,高40-150厘米,基部近四棱形,上部钝四棱形,具浅槽,被白色短柔毛。叶卵状至三角状心脏形,长2.5-7厘米,宽2.1-4.7厘米,先端钝至锐尖,基部心形至截形,边缘具粗圆齿或牙齿,草质,上面黄绿色,被极短硬毛,下面略发白,被短柔毛但在脉上较密,侧脉3-4对,斜上升,在上面微凹陷,下面隆起;叶柄长0.7-3厘米,细弱。花序为聚伞状,下部的腋生,上部的组成连续或间断的、较疏松或极密集的顶生分枝圆锥花序,聚伞花序呈二歧状分枝;苞叶叶状,或上部的变小而呈披针状,苞片、小苞片钻形,细小。花萼花时管状,长约6毫米,径1.2毫米,外被白色短柔毛,内面仅萼齿被疏硬毛,齿锥形,长1.5-2毫米,后齿较长,花后花萼增大戍瓮状,纵肋十分清晰。花冠白色,下唇有紫点,外被白色柔毛,内面在喉部被短柔毛,长约7.5毫米,冠筒极细,径约0.3毫米,自萼筒内骤然扩展成宽喉,冠檐二唇形,上唇短,长约2毫米,宽约3毫米,先端具浅凹,下唇3裂,中裂片近圆形,长约3毫米,宽约4毫米,基部心形,边缘具粗牙齿,侧裂片圆裂片状。雄蕊内藏,花丝扁平,无毛。花柱线形,先端2等裂。花盘杯状,裂片明显。子房无毛。小坚果卵形,几三棱状,灰褐色,长约1.7毫米,径约1毫米。花期7-9月,果期9-10月。
分布(Distribution):产新疆、甘肃、陕西、河南、山西、山东、湖北、贵州、四川及云南等地;多生于海拔2500米以下的宅旁或灌丛中。
用途(Use):据国外报道本种含芳香油达3%,油用于化妆品香料,其中有1变型f. citriodora Dum具有浓郁的柠檬香气,常作芳香油及蜜源植物栽培。欧洲各地民间用于防治胃病、贫血以及其他多种的疾病。荆芥的根尚含有强烈刺激神经系统的成分。在我国有时栽培供药用,但非常用荆芥的正品,全草用于防治感冒。
引自植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 17 Page 115    
Nepeta cataria Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 570. 1753.
荆芥 jing jie | Lamiaceae  | Nepeta
Calamintha albiflora Vaniot; Nepeta bodinieri Vaniot.
Plants perennial. Stems 40-150 cm, white pubescent. Petiole 0.7-3 cm, slender; leaf blade ovate to triangular-cordate, 2.5-7 × 2.1-4.7 cm, adaxially yellow-green, hirtellous, abaxially whitish pubescent especially on veins, base cordate to truncate, margin coarsely crenate to dentate, apex obtuse to acute. Cymes axillary basally, upper ones in loose or compact, interrupted terminal panicles; bracts and bracteoles subulate, minute. Calyx tubular, ca. 6 × 1.2 mm, white pubescent; teeth hirsute inside, subulate, 1.5-2 mm, posterior teeth longer, urceolate in fruit. Corolla white with purple spots on lower lip, white villous; throat pubescent inside, ca. 7.5 mm; tube slender, ca. 0.3 mm in diam., abruptly dilated into broad throat; upper lip ca. 2 × 3 mm, apex emarginate; middle lobe of lower lip subcircular, ca. 3 × 4 mm, cordate, margin coarsely dentate. Stamens included. Nutlets nearly triquetrous, ovoid, ca. 1.7 × 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
Thickets or around houses; 0-2500 m. Cultivated in Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, Japan; Africa, Europe, North America]
Dried leaves and flowering tops are used medicinally as a stimulant, tonic, carminative, diaphoretic, and for infantile colic.
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