Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : menpu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Pulegium vulgare Miller.
Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: pennyroyal
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Polei-Minze ; ES : poleo común ; FR : menthe Pouliot ; IT : menta poleggio ; PT : poejo ; EN : pennyroyal ;
Biological type: Perennial with rhizomes
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- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, deeply notched.
- Height: 10-50 cm.
- Stem 4-angled, prostrate to ascending, slightly downy or glabrous, light-green, with aerial shoots.
- Leaves opposite ovate to rounded, small, 10-30 x 3.5-10 mm, shortly stalked, very obscurely crenate margin. Bracts small.
- Flowers purple, rarely white, small, in cluster. Calyx hairy, 5 unequal-toothed, nearly 2-labiate. Corolla with subequal lobes, slightly embossed on one side.
- Fruit : 4-celled and smooth achenes. Seeds ovate, 0.5 mm, shiny-brown.
- Ornamental plant with a strong aromatic scent. Melliferous.
- Rare in crops. Leaves are used as condiment. Fleas avoid it. Plant tonic, antispasms, with an essential oil.
- Biological type: perennial with rhizomes.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
