《中国植物志》|| 唇形科 LABIATAE ||光果系 Ser. Laevigatae C. Y. Wu ||穗花荆芥 Nepeta laevigata (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz.

5. 穗花荆芥 荆芥（云南昭通、曲靖）
Nepeta laevigata (D. Don) Hand. -Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 916. 1936, et in Act. Hort. Gothob. 13: 343. 1939; C. Y. Wu in Act. Phytotaxon. Sin. 8 (1): 17. 1959——Betonica laevigata D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 110. 1825——Nepeta spi- cata Benth. in Wall. Cat. n. 2083. 1829, nom. nud.; in Wall. Pl. Asia Rar 1: 64. 1830, descr., Labiat. Gen. et Sp. 470. 1836, et in DC. Prodr. 12: 372. 1848; Hook. f. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 105: t. 6405. 1879 (form. depauper.), et in Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 659. 1885; Kudo in Mem. Fac. Sci. Agr. Taihoku Univ. 2: 228. 1929——Nepeta spicata Benth var. incana Levl. in Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov. 9: 245. 1911——Nepeta lamiopsis auct. non Benth. ex Hook. f.: Diels in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 7: 151, 314. 1912; in ibid. 378. 1913; Dunn in ibid. 6: 166. 1915.
草本。茎高20-80厘米，钝四棱形，具浅槽，干部基部暗褐色，上部黄绿色，被白色短柔毛。叶卵圆形或三角状心形，长2.1-6厘米，宽1.5-4.2厘米，先端锐尖，稀钝形，基部心形或近截形，具圆齿状锯齿，坚纸质，上面草黄色，被稀疏的白色短柔毛，下面灰白色，密被白色短柔毛；叶柄长2-12毫米，扁平，具狭翅，被白色长柔毛。穗状花序顶生，密集成圆筒状；最下部的花叶叶状，其余的卵形至披针形，长约9毫米，宽2-5毫米，先端骤尖，草质，苞片线形，其长微超过花叶，被白色柔毛，上部带紫红色。花萼管状，长约1厘米，直径约2毫米，齿芒状狭披针形，其长与萼筒相等，后3齿稍长于前2齿，边缘密生具节的白色长柔毛，脉绿色，十分明显，果时花萼增大。花冠蓝紫色，无毛，其长为萼之1.5倍，冠筒直径约1.5毫米，筒口宽达5毫米，冠檐二唇形，上唇深2裂，裂片圆状卵形，长宽约2毫米，下唇3裂，中裂片扁圆形，长约3毫米，宽约5.5毫米，侧裂片为浅圆裂片状。雄蕊藏于花冠内，后对较长，花药蓝色，药室水平叉开，前对略短，花药黄色，但较后对者为大。花柱线形，先端2等裂。花盘浅杯状。子房光滑无毛。小坚果卵形，灰绿色，长约1.5毫米，宽约1毫米，十分光亮。花期7-8月，果期9-11月。
产西藏东部，四川西部，云南西北至东北部；生于针叶林或混交林的林缘及林中草地、灌木草地或灌丛草坡上，海拔2300-4100米。阿富汗至尼泊尔（海拔1800-3800米）也有。模式标本采自尼泊尔。
全草入药，用于解表。

《云南植物志》|| 唇形科 Labiatae ||荆芥属 Nepeta Linn. ||穗花荆芥 Nepeta laevigata (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz.

1.穗花荆芥
荆芥（曲靖、昭通）
Nepeta laevigata (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz. (1936), (1939); (1959).
Betonica laevigata D. Don (1825); Nepeta spicata Benth. (1829), nom. nud., (1830), (1836)et in DC. (1848); Hook. f. in Curtis (1879)*, (1885); Kudo (1929); N. spicata Benth. var. incana Levl. (1911); N. lamiopsis auct. non Benth. ex Hook. f.: Diels (1912); Dunn (1915).
草本，高20—80厘米；茎钝四棱形，被白色短柔毛。叶坚纸质，卵形或三角状心形，长2.1-6厘米，宽1.5-4.2厘米，顶端锐尖，稀钝形，基部心形或近截形，具圆齿状锯齿，叶面被白色疏短柔毛，背面密被白色短柔毛；柄长2—12毫米，具狭翅，被白色长柔毛。轮伞花序顶生，密集成圆筒状；最下部的苞片叶状，其余的苞片卵形至披针形；小苞片线形，被长柔毛。花萼管状，长约1厘米，齿芒状狭披针形，上唇3齿稍长，边缘密被具节的白色长柔毛，果时花萼增大；花冠蓝紫色，无毛，长为萼长的1.5倍，上唇2深裂，裂片圆状卵形，下唇3裂，中裂片扁圆形，侧裂片半圆形；雄蕊内藏；药室水平叉开；子房无毛；花盘杯状。小坚果长约1.5毫米，光亮。花期7—8月，果期9—11月。
产滇西北至滇东北，海拔2300—4000米的针叶林，或混交林的林缘及林中草地、灌木草地或灌丛草坡上；我国西藏东部及四川西部亦有。阿富汗，尼泊尔至喜马拉雅山脉温带地区有分布。
全草入药，用于解表。

《Flora of China》|| Lamiaceae || Nepeta ||穗花荆芥 Nepeta laevigata

4. Nepeta laevigata (D. Don) Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 916. 1936.

穗花荆芥 sui hua jing jie

Betonica laevigata D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 110. 1825; Nepeta spicata Bentham; N. spicata var. incana H. Léveillé.

Stems 20-80 cm, white pubescent. Petiole 2-12 mm, white villous; leaf blade ovate to triangular-cordate, 2.1-6 × 1.5-4.2 cm, adaxially sparsely white pubescent, abaxially gray and densely white pubescent, base cordate to subtruncate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute or rarely obtuse. Spikes terminal, cylindric; bracts purplish red apically, linear, white villous. Calyx tubular, ca. 6-8 × 2 mm; teeth narrowly awned-lanceolate, as long as tube, posterior teeth slightly longer than anterior, margin densely white villous, dilated in fruit. Corolla blue-purple, ca. 1.5 × as long as calyx; tube ca. 1.5 mm in diam., to 5 mm in diam. at throat; lobes of upper lip circular-ovate, ca. 2 × 2 mm, middle lobe of lower lip oblate, ca. 3 × 5.5 mm. Nutlets gray-green, ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, very shiny. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.

Grasslands, shrub-grasslands, grassy slopes, coniferous and mixed forest margins, forests; 2300-4100 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, India, Nepal]

Used medicinally as a diaphoretic.