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Herbarium specimen: Mentha spicata

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha spicata L. ("Spear Mint")
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha spicata L. ("Spear Mint")
Collected by:John Kenneth Morton
Collection date:28/8/1971 dried
Locality:Great Britain, VC66 County Durham, Sherburn Hill, NZ34, In derelict allotments on hillside
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001028005
Image:
© Kew
Mentha spicata herbarium specimen from Sherburn Hill, VC66 County Durham in 1971 by John Kenneth Morton.
collector's number:2855
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Plant No 817 2n 48
Wild plant was fugative flowering forn - but not retaining this character in cult. CYTOLOGICAL HERBARIUM [includes packet]
Filing note:Glabrous form on BF

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Documented by xmhcman on 24th July 2014.

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