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Herbarium specimen: Mentha piperita var. piperita

Taxon:Mentha piperita var. piperita
det. Rex Alan Henry Graham 16/1/1958
Filed in taxon folder:Mentha piperita var. piperita
Collected by:Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes
Collection date:14/9/1957
Locality:Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Pedwardine Wood, SO3570, 4 miles NE of Presteigne, by stream under Alders with Urtica dioica, Rubus, etc. 640ft
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001027509
Image:
© Kew
Mentha piperita var. piperita herbarium specimen from Pedwardine Wood, VC36 Herefordshire in 1957 by Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes.
collector's number:3048
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:flowers lilac; strongly scented of peppermint
Filing note:x piperita var. piperita glabrous form

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Documented by xmhcman on 3rd August 2014.

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