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Herbarium specimen: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Other name:Mentha gentilis auct. non L.
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Collected by:Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead
Mr Noel Yvri Sandwith
Collection date:13/8/1933
Locality:Great Britain, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Symonds Yat, SO51, bushy bank of River Wye
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001026720
Image:
© Kew
Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis herbarium specimen from Symonds Yat, VC34 West Gloucestershire in 1933 by Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead.
collector's number:1939
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:x Mentha rubra (Sm.) var. calliomorpha Briq. (1894) Calyx short, for this hybrid, campanulate. Calyx tube glabrous; teeth ciliate. Pedicels glabrous. Bracts large, ovate. A rare variety. J. Fraser, November 1933

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Documented by xmhcman on 23rd August 2014.

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