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Herbarium specimen: Mentha aquatica

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint")
named by L D P 8/12/1954

agreed

Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:9/8/1923
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Sharpham Moor, ST43, "plot"
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Mentha aquatica herbarium specimen from Sharpham Moor, VC6 North Somerset in 1923 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
notes:dark purplish-green less [?] purple veins, less hirsute and less forward than a rounder leafed form (M. hirsuta) already in blossom
too hairy for subglabra
the two "Moor Plot" plants pass for V lobeliana
the other is V minor

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Mentha aquaticaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Sharpham MoorHarold Stuart Thompson9/8/1923BIRM

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Mentha aquaticaGB, VC5 South Somerset, TauntonHarold Stuart Thompson9/1915BIRM

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Documented by ml.roberts on 6th May 2010.

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