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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")
named by Rex Alan Henry Graham 15/12/1950

not x verticillata as calyx tube is campanulate, I think this is an abnormal hairy form of x gentilis [= x gracilis]

Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Collected by:Isaac Carroll
Collection date:9/1856
Locality:Ireland, Cork, Cork, near
ex herb:Prof Charles Cardale Babington
Institution:Cambridge University (CGE)
Image:Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis herbarium specimen from Cork, Cork in 1856 by Isaac Carroll.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers

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Documented by janesq71 on 28th September 2007.

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