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ClassificationLamiaceae: Mentha
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967111
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityat Leppelman's ["Leppelman refers to Emelius J. Leppelman who lived in Thoreau's time on the north side of what is now Route 2A. He occupied a house that had belonged to the Brooks family. He operated a dairy farm." fide R. L. Angelo, 29 NOv. 2018]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d2029d8e-d94f-42eb-b5f8-5b4693e8ed93
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967111
HerbariumGH
FamilyLamiaceae
Determination Mentha viridis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyLamiaceae
Determination Mentha spicata Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation Textssp. spicata
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[M. viridis]
Remarks["Aug. 16. . . by side of tan-yard, the apparently true Mentha virids, or spearmint, growing very rankly in a dense bed, some four feet high, spikes rather dense, one to one and a half inches long, stem often reddish, leaves nearly sessile." Journal 9: 4. 1856]

ClassificationLamiaceae: Mentha
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967111
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityby Henry Shattuck's [Henry L. Shattuck's residence was on Monument Street fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) 29 Nov. 2018]
Vernacular Namewhite mint?
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/bb59c587-cc4e-4217-bc30-882f8478965b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967111
HerbariumGH
FamilyLamiaceae
Determination Mentha viridis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyLamiaceae
Determination Mentha ×gracilis Sole
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[var. M. viridis]
Remarks["A very fragrant ap.[parently] introduced mint by the roadside at Oak about 15 rods S[outh] of H[enry] Shattucks out some time -- It comes nearest to Spear mint or M[entha] viridis -- but has petioled leaves -- & long spikes with distant whorls -- [tiny drawing of stamen here] (stamens included [as opposed to exserted]) -- Is it a var.[iety] of M[entha] viridis -- White mint?" an unpublished Journal passage for Aug 15, 1856]