- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Mentha L.
Mentha pulegium L.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- menta, sígueme
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 400 - 2900 m.
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Colombia.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- Not Evaluated.
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean. Elevation range: 400–2900 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Putumayo.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, artificial - terrestrial.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 400 - 2900 m.; Amazonia, Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
[UPB]
- Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
- Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014, Granados-Tochoy et al. 2007).
- Use Food
- Food (Granados-Tochoy et al. 2007).
- Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
- Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Invertebrate Food
- Used as invertebrate food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, California, Chile Central, Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Uruguay, West Himalaya
- Calamintha fenzlii Vis.
- Melissa pulegium (L.) Griseb.
- Mentha albarracinensis Pau
- Mentha aromatica Salisb.
- Mentha aucheri Pérard
- Mentha daghestanica Boriss.
- Mentha erinoides Heldr.
- Mentha exigua L.
- Mentha gibraltarica Willd.
- Mentha hirtiflora Opiz ex Heinr.Braun
- Mentha montana Lowe ex Benth.
- Mentha numidica Poir.
- Mentha pulegioides Dumort.
- Mentha pulegium f. alba Rainha
- Mentha pulegium f. albiflora Cheshm.
- Mentha pulegium subsp. cephalonia (Heinr.Braun) Kokkini
- Mentha pulegium subsp. erinoides (Heldr.) Kokkini
- Mentha pulegium subsp. gibraltarica (Willd.) Briq.
- Mentha pulegium var. heterophylla Boenn.
- Mentha pulegium var. hyperiantha Briq.
- Mentha pulegium var. pubescens Boenn.
- Mentha pulegium subsp. tomentosa (Sm.) Nyman
- Mentha pulegium subsp. vulgaris (Mill.) Briq.
- Mentha subtomentella Heinr.Braun
- Mentha tomentella Hoffmanns. & Link
- Mentha tomentosa Sm.
- Micromeria dalmatica Fenzl
- Micromeria fenzlii Regel
- Micromeria maritima Yild., Sadikoglu & M.Keskin
- Minthe pulegia (L.) St.-Lag.
- Pulegium aromaticum Gray
- Pulegium daghestanicum (Boriss.) Holub
- Pulegium erectum Mill.
- Pulegium heterophyllum Opiz ex Boenn.
- Pulegium micranthum Claus
- Pulegium pubescens Opiz ex Boenn.
- Pulegium pulegium H.Karst.
- Pulegium tomentellum C.Presl
- Pulegium vulgare Mill.
- Satureja fenzlii (Vis.) K.Malý
- Thymus bidentatus Stokes
- English
- Pennyroyal
- Spanish
- Poleo.
Mentha pulegium L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Cope, T.A. [RBG 466], United Kingdom | K000914350 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 577 (1753)
Accepted by
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- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
- Van Heurck, H. & De Beucker, J.I. (1861). Antwerpsche Analytische Flora 1: 1-192. Drukkerij der weduwe Jos. Van Ishoven, Antwerpen.
- Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
- Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
- Zervous, S., Raus, T. & Yannitsaros, A. (2009). Additons to the flora of the island of Kalimnos (SE Aegean, Greece). Willdenowia 39: 165-177.
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
- Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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