Feedback request: Mentha x piperita (K001027541)

[Roger Horton]

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Specimen #376363

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha x piperita var. palustris
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha x piperita var. palustris
Locality:	Great Britain, VC37 Worcestershire, Alfrick, SO75, a wild hybrid originally from The Leigh Brook [~1km S of village]
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001027541
Image: © Kew
collector's number:	H728
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	The inflorescence varies seasonally from a spike to a head (as in M. aquatica) 2n = 72 [includes packet] vidi J. Štěpánek 1988

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Documented by xmhcman on 14^th July 2014.

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xmhcman wrote

Label says: 'a wild hybrid originally from The Leigh Brook, Alfrick'. Does this imply subsequent cultivation at Kew? Also 'vidi J. Štěpánek 1988' - the det. fields don't provide for the recording of such a comment.