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.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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