Mentha exigua Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 20. 1756.

"Habitat in Anglia. Miller." RCN: 4209.

Lectotype (Tucker & al. in Taxon 29: 238, f. 14. 1980): Miller, Herb. Linn. No. 730.17 (LINN) .

Current name: Mentha pulegium L. var. exigua (L.) Huds. ( Lamiaceae).