Mentha requienii, Bentham

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. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 183

1. M. requienii Bentham , Lab. Gen. Sp. 182 (1833).

Glabrous or sparsely hairy perennial 3-12 cm, with pungent scent; stems filiform, diffuse, usually procumbent, rooting at the nodes, matforming. Leaves and bracts 2-7 mm, petiolate, ovate-orbicular, entire or sinuate. Calyx 1-1 -5(-2-5) mm; teeth triangular, subulate. Corolla scarcely exserted, pale lilac. Nutlets smooth, pale brown. 2«= 18. • Corse, Sardegna, Montecristo; cultivated elsewhere fo r ornament and locally naturalized in W. Europe. Co It Sa [Br Hb Lu]. Sect. PULEGiUM (Miller) DC. Bracts like the leaves. Verticillasters many-flowered. Calyx tubular, weakly 2-lipped; throat hairy within. Corolla-tube gibbous.