Pennyroyal  (Mentha pulegium)

Facts

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Anthophyta
Class Magnoiopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae
Genus Mentha (7)
Size Height: 10 - 40 cm (1)
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Status

Classified as Vulnerable in Great Britain (2), and fully protected in the UK by Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Orders 1985 (3).