Herbarium specimen: Mentha aquatica
| Taxon: | Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica L. ("Water Mint") |
| Collected by: | Mr Francis Rilstone |
| Collection date: | 30/9/1926 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC2 East Cornwall, Sowden's Bridge, SX230555, Marshy ground by West Looe River at Sowden's Bridge |
| ex herb: | Mr Job Edward Lousley |
| exchanged: | Watson Botanical Exchange Club |
| Institution: | South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) |
| Image: |  |
| notes: | Coarse shaggy form. Is M.aquatica L. var. acuta Briq. The variety is widely distributed and very variable in the amount of hairiness. it grows 2-and-a-half to 6 feet high. leaves ovate, more or less acute and the principal ones slightly cuneate at base, never cordate - J Fraser. M aquatica f. hirsuta - A Bennett. M. aquatica L. (var hirsuta (Huds) Huds) Determinatvit: M.J.Graham 26/10/1954 |
Related specimens
Other specimens with similar collection dates, collectors or localities.
| taxon | locality | collectors | date | institution | ||
| + | Mentha aquatica | GB, VC2 East Cornwall, Sowden's Bridge | Francis Rilstone | 30/9/1926 | K | |
| + | Mentha aquatica | GB, VC2 East Cornwall, Sowden's Bridge | Francis Rilstone | 30/9/1926 | K | |
| + | Mentha aquatica | GB, VC2 East Cornwall, Sowden's Bridge | Francis Rilstone | 30/9/1926 | SLBI | |
| + | Mentha aquatica | GB, VC2 East Cornwall, Sowden's Bridge | Francis Rilstone | 30/9/1926 | SLBI | |
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Documented by cinderella on 13th May 2013.
