Mentha pulegium L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Pennyroyal
🇫🇷 Menthe pouliot, Menthe pouillot, Pouliot

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Subtribe: Menthinae
Genus: Mentha
Species: Mentha pulegium

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Diploid (2n = 20), triploid (2n = 30) or tetraploid (2n = 40).

The unusual number of chromosomes explains the total absence of hybridization.

Photographs

img/mentha-pulegium.webp — Mentha pulegium

img/mentha-pulegium-2.webp — Mentha pulegium

img/mentha-pulegium-3.webp — Mentha pulegium

img/mentha-pulegium-4.webp — Mentha pulegium - Leaves

Sources

Lansdown, R.V. (2011). Mentha pulegium (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164256/5800505
Lawrence, B.M. (2006). Mint: the Genus Mentha (p. 25). CRC Press.
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 802). Biotope.