Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Mentha// Species: Mentha pulegium L.
Determined according to the botanical keys by Harley in Tutin et al. (1972) and Kostadinovski in Matevski (2021).
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia; the Mediterranean, West and Central Europe to South European Russia and Iran; Ethiopia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Near rivers and streams, grasslands, ruderal areas.
Mentha pulegium – habit. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – habit. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – habit. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – flowering stem with verticillasters. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – flowering stem with verticillasters. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – verticillaster. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – verticillaster. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – verticillaster. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – spent verticillasters. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – spent verticillaster and bracts. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – stem with leaves and bracts of verticillasters. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – stem with leaves. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – stem with leaves. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Mentha pulegium – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – lower part of stem. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – lower part of stem and new developing shoots. Osogovo – near village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – habit. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – stems with verticillasters. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – stems with verticillasters. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – verticillasters. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – verticillasters. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – verticillaster. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Mentha pulegium – stem with leaves. Osogovo – hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 12.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Mentha L. Harley, R. M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 183-186.
Mentha L. Kostadinovski, M. in Matevski, V. The Flora of the RN Macedonia. Vol II, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 391 – 397.
