Feedback request: Mentha aquatica (36295)

[kenbalkow]

This post was made automatically in response to a request for comment on the documentation form. There is more general info about such requests here.

Specimen #361878

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata L. ("Whorled Mint")
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint")
Collected by:	Mr Isaac A Helsby
Collection date:	8/9/1923
Locality:	Great Britain, VC20 Hertfordshire, Bricket Wood, TL1302
ex herb:	Mr Isaac A Helsby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Documented by kenbalkow on 8^th April 2013.

Edit history

date	user	change
09/04/2013	kenbalkow	Deleted determination (orig): Mentha aquatica
09/04/2013	kenbalkow	Added determination (orig): Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata

N.B. reporting of the edit history is currently fairly unclear and misleading. Most edits made to specimens appear as a pair of 'add' and 'delete' entries, which may not be together in the list. There are also often 'minor' edits, which are made automatically (rather than due to user activity), for example to merge synonym names.

Log-in to edit this sheet.

User comments about this sheet

kenbalkow wrote

No terminal flower, can't be M aquatica? More likely M arvensis?

[oldnick]

M sativa as labelled originally is a synonym of M x verticillata, according to CTW2; which it looks likely to be