Mentha pulegium L., 1753 43% complete

Pennyroyal

Sp. Pl.: 577 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced10 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 577 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Pennyroyal No source recorded
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Observations Macaronesia, Europe, Medit. to N. Iran and N. Ethiopia No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 36 cm
  • 36.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 98, 164, 203, 251, 270, 299, 500, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 98, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Differs from sources
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit shape mericarp Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 50 cm
  • 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 98, 164, 203, 251, 270, 299, 500, 882, 918
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Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 98, 164, 175, 178, 203, 299, 460, 882, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
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Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
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Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record