Nepeta cataria (鈥榗atnip'; 鈥榗atswort' or 鈥榗atmint') is mostly used as a recreational substance for feline enjoyment. French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard was born around 1742 at Aubepierre-en-Barrois (Haute Marne) and died on 26 September 1793 in Paris. He studied at Angers; and later illustrated and published a number of botanical and mycological works on French flora. He studied art and engraving under Francois Martinet; the celebrated artist of many of Buffon's natural history books.