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Herbarium specimen: Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita var. citrata

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita var. citrata (Ehrh.) Briq.
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita var. citrata (Ehrh.) Briq.
Collected by:Jacques Étienne Gay
Collection date:24/8/1809
Locality:France, Bernay, Eure, Botanical Garden near the Museum, Bernay, France.
communicated:Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
ex herb:Jacques Étienne Gay
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001027594
Image:
© Kew
Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita var. citrata herbarium specimen from Bernay, Eure in 1809 by Jacques Étienne Gay.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:It has the smell of bergamot

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Documented by xmhcman on 30th July 2014.

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