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Herbarium specimen: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Other name:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
named by Edward Francis Linton
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Collected by:Mr Henry Bromwich
Collection date:8/1890
Locality:Great Britain, VC38 Warwickshire, Haseley, SP26, Root from Haseley Common
Cultivated
ex herb:Rev William Hunt Painter
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis herbarium specimen from Haseley, VC38 Warwickshire in 1890 by Mr Henry Bromwich.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:M. gracilis, Sm. H. Bromwich. "M.Cardiaca" - J.G.Baker. Mons. Malinvaud sends a note on this, saying that it looks like a form of M. gentilis considerably away from the type, and suggesting hybridity as possibly accounting for it. Mr Bromwich writes, in answer to a question, that it 'occured in small quantity with typical M. Cardiaca, of which it may be a variety - E.F.L

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+Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilisGB, VC38 Warwickshire, Haseley CultivatedHenry Bromwich8/1890LIV
+Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilisGB, VC38 Warwickshire, Haseley CultivatedHenry Bromwich8/1890OXF
+Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilisGB, VC38 Warwickshire, Haseley CultivatedHenry Bromwich8/1890OXF

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