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Mentha pulegium - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Arcos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2010 © Jörn Germer

Mentha pulegium - Upper surface of leaves - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaves; Arcos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2010 © Jörn Germer

Mentha pulegium - Lower surface of leaves - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaves; Arcos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2010 © Jörn Germer

Mentha pulegium - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Arcos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1377
Date of entry: 05.09.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Pennyroyal

German: Polei-Minze

Mandarin: 唇萼薄荷 (chun e bo he)

Portuguese: Hortelã-dos-Açores, Poêjo

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)

      Order: Lamiales (171)

        Family: Lamiaceae (93)(family description)

          Genus: Mentha (5)

            Epithet: pulegium L. (1)

pulegium => derived from latin 'pulex' meaning flea (M. pulegium has insect-repellent properties)

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, white

External links

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