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Herbarium specimen: Mentha arvensis x aquatica x spicata = M. x smithiana

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x aquatica x spicata = M. x smithiana R.A. Graham ("Tall Mint")
named by Rex Alan Henry Graham 26/4/1957
Other name:
named by Augustin Ley 15/9/1886
Other name:
named by John Isaac Briquet 1897
Collected by:Rev. Augustin Ley
Collection date:15/9/1886
Locality:Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Wareham, SO43, river bank
ex herb:Mr Charles Bailey
John Isaac Briquet
Institution:Manchester Museum (MANCH)
Accession number:MANCH.94414.Kk803
notes:Reference from BEC Reports 1886, p.157 copying the label and with a comment by J. G. Baker "Sativa not gentilis".
Note by John Briquet in latin.
Note by R.A. Graham: General appearance of M. x gentilis, but the calyx is too long.

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