Herbarium specimen: Mentha pulegium
| Taxon: | Lamiaceae: Mentha pulegium L. ("Pennyroyal") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Lamiaceae: Mentha pulegium L. ("Pennyroyal") |
| Collected by: | M P |
| Collection date: | 8/1906 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Walton on the Hill, TQ25, Gravel Pits near Withy bed [county given on sheet: http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/331280/ ] |
| ex herb: | Dulwich College |
| Institution: | South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) |
| Image: |  |
| notes: | ?, Penny Royal From 2. Puleium reqium, through Dutch 'Froley', in the old herbals called 'Pulid royal'. Its Latin name being derived from its supposed efficacy in destroying fleas, 'pulicei',? H.U. C XX e 54 (Prior 'Popular Names of British Plants') |
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Documented by cinderella on 11th May 2013.
Checked by oldnick
