Attractive to cats

Mabberley, D.J. (1997) The Plant Book, ed.2, Cambridge University Press 707

Notes: The most potent catnip of them all ... presumably contains a feline aphrodisiac as it apparently makes cats go into ecstasies. Try using to bring your cat in at night and if this does not work, try Nepeta cataria.

Oakeley, Dr. H. F. . (2013). The Gardens of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Link

Teucrium marum L. Lamiaceae Cat Thyme Distribution: Europe. Teucrium is named after Teucer (who lived in the era between 1400 and 1000 BC) the first King of Troy. Dioscorides named a medicinal herb after Teucer, and Linnaeus consolidated this in 1753. Assume property is the same as Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys.

Oakeley, Dr. Henry F. (2013). Wellcome Library notes. Link

Notes by Henry Oakeley from Lindley's 'Flora Medica' (1838): Lindley says that it ‘seems to be a genuine feline aphrodisiac; its active properties deserve investigation’.

Lindley, John. (1838). Flora Medica, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans

Culpeper: ‘Marum. Herb Mastich ... good against cramps and convulsions.

Culpeper, Nicholas. (1650). A Physical Directory . London, Peter Cole.

Teucrium is named after Teucer (who lived in the era between 1400 and 1000 BC) the first King of Troy.

Oakeley, Dr. Henry F. (2013). Wellcome Library notes. Link

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Italy

Europe, Southwestern Europe, Baleares

Europe, Southwestern Europe, Corse