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Herbarium specimen: Mentha suaveolens

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. ("Round-leaved Mint")
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. ("Round-leaved Mint")
Collected by:Dr Henry Halcro Johnston
Collection date:18/9/1926
27/11/1926
Locality:Great Britain, VC111 Orkney, Stromness, HY20, Gleanfield [? Glenfield OS HY245107] 200ft Artificial grassy pasture in a garden
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001027725
Image:
© Kew
Mentha suaveolens herbarium specimen from Stromness, VC111 Orkney in 1926 by Dr Henry Halcro Johnston.
collector's number:3520
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Not a native. A garden wed. Rare. Plants in full flower. Fresh leaves with the aromatic odour of Mint. Corolla light purple. With flowers (no fruit developed) collected by me on 27th Novemeber 1926 [?].

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Documented by xmhcman on 26th September 2014.

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