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Herbarium specimen: Mentha spicata x suaveolens = M. x villosa var. alopecuroides

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha spicata x suaveolens = M. x villosa var. alopecuroides
det. Raymond Mervyn Harley 22/1/1969
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha spicata x suaveolens = M. x villosa var. alopecuroides
Collected by:T E Edmondson
Collection date:6/9/1968
Locality:Great Britain, VC58 Cheshire, Ellesmere Port, SJ47, waste land. Damp bank above sewerage brook, (altitude 100m)
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001027930
Image:
© Kew
Mentha spicata x suaveolens = M. x villosa var. alopecuroides herbarium specimen from Ellesmere Port, VC58 Cheshire in 1968 by T E Edmondson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Leaves about 70x50mm. Hairy above, floccose beneath. Strong odour. Pedicels and calyx tube hairy. Corolla pinkish lilac. Stamens exserted. Undeveloped (?) nutlets. Sterile ? Petioles 2mm or less

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