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  2. Mentha pulegium - Wikipedia

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    Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant [2] and pudding grass, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [4] Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.

  3. Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, also called squaw mint, mosquito plant and pudding grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Crushed pennyroyal leaves exhibit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.

  4. Mentha micrantha - Wikipedia

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    Mentha micrantha, is a plant species in the genus Mentha, native to western Kazakhstan and southeastern Russia. The species was described in 1890 by botanist George Bentham. [3] Its epithet, micrantha, means "with small flowers." [4] It is unique among its genus as the only species that is an annual plant. [5] [6]

  5. Pennyroyal - Wikipedia

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    Mentha pulegium (pennyroyal or European pennyroyal), a European herb Hedeoma pulegioides (American pennyroyal or false pennyroyal), an American herb Monardella odoratissima (mountain pennyroyal), mint family plant found in the southwestern United States

  6. Mentha - Wikipedia

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    Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear.

  7. Hedeoma pulegioides - Wikipedia

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    The name pulegioides is derived from the Latin pulegium, and means "like pennyroyal", in reference to European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). [8] The name pulegium was given to European pennyroyal by Pliny the Elder in the first century CE, for its use in repelling fleas (pulex, plural pulices) when it was spread on floors.

  8. List of Lamiaceae of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Lamiaceae (/ ˌ l eɪ m i ˈ eɪ s i aɪ,-iː / LAY-mee-AY-see-eye, -⁠ee [1] or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family.

  9. Mentha cervina - Wikipedia

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    Mentha cervina, commonly known as hart's pennyroyal, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Mentha (mint) genus. It is native to the western Mediterranean Sea region, growing naturally from southwestern France to the Iberian Peninsula, and south to Azores, Morocco and Algeria. [2]