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Herbarium specimen: Mentha spicata

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Mentha spicata L. ("Spear Mint")
Other name:Mentha scotica
det. Rex Alan Henry Graham 22/10/1957
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Mentha spicata L. ("Spear Mint")
Collected by:Rex Alan Henry Graham
Collection date:15/8/1952
Locality:Great Britain, VC90 Angus, Glamis, NO34, Originally from Glamis Bridge, Forfar
Cultivated Great Britain, VC21 Middlesex, Northwood, TQ09
ex herb:Rex Alan Henry Graham
Botanical Society of The British Isles
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001028119
Image:
© Kew
Mentha spicata herbarium specimen from Glamis, VC90 Angus in 1952 by Rex Alan Henry Graham.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Cultivated for three years in my garden, [Mint House, Woodside Road,] Northwood, Middlesex. I have some doubts whether this name applies correctly to this mint [referring to Mentha x niliaca Jacq. var. sapida (Tauch) Briquet.
Filing note:(scotica)

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