Herbarium specimen: Mentha arvensis
Taxon: | Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis L. ("Corn Mint") named by Raymond Mervyn Harley 26/11/1973 |
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Filed in taxon folder: | Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis L. ("Corn Mint") |
Locality: | Great Britain, VC62 North-east Yorkshire, Riccal Dale, SE68, Woodland ride |
Institution: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K) |
Accession number: | K001026318 |
Image: © Kew | |
collector's number: | 211 |
fruits/flowers: | mature flowers |
notes: | A creeping mass of rhizomes with vertical flowering stems of uniform height. One patch about 4ft. in diameter. Leaves elliptic, 5 teeth on each side upper half. Light green. Leaves all fall within the range 1 to 1.5cm broad, thus causing trouble with the key in C.Y.W.'s Flora. Whorls, no large terminal head. Corolla 3mm. externally hairy. Stamens inserted.Form of Mentha arvensis L. or Mentha x gentilis L. 16th Aug. Determiner. R.M.Harley 26.11.1973 |
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Documented by hollyrebecca on 26th March 2015.
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