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The answer is: A mint plant, commonly known as catnip

Catnip is a perennial herb belonging to the mint family Labiatae. Catnip is known in scientific nomenclature as "Nepeta cataria". The plant is a weed-like mint that is now native in North America and Canada after being introduced from its native Mediterranean soil.

Cats are unique in their response to catnip, as cats have a special receptor for the catnip active ingredient, called Nepetalactone.

 

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