Mentha pulegium L. belongs to the Lamiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Specific Epithet
pulegium
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#277,882 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
United States, California, Humboldt
40.917833, -123.833278
Location Remarks
Highway 299, ca. 20 miles east of Highway 101 junction. 485 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified