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Herbarium specimen: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata L. ("Whorled Mint")
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata L. ("Whorled Mint")
Collected by:A Orange
Collection date:7/10/1980
Locality:Great Britain, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Bilson Green, SO6414, In marshy area. Grid ref. 32/644145 [= SO644145]
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001026475
Image:
© Kew
Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata herbarium specimen from Bilson Green, VC34 West Gloucestershire in 1980 by A Orange.
collector's number:769
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Anthers sterile. With sweet 'spearmint' smell. Apparently the same clone well-naturalised near stream from 645149 to 654104, also at 662115
[includes diagram of calyx]

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Documented by xmhcman on 8th August 2014.

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