Herbarium specimen: Mentha aquatica

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint") det. Rex Alan Henry Graham 16/4/1947 Yes. Small plants like these are tricky to name for certain. I think M. aquatica L. is the best name, though some of the leaves indicate variation towards var major Sole.
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint")
Collected by:	Charles Edward Hubbard
Collection date:	16/8/1942
Locality:	Great Britain, VC23 Oxfordshire, Woodeaton, SP531117, in wet meadow
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001027156
Image: © Kew
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	Lavender-blue heads

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Documented by qgroom on 7^th September 2014.