Showing posts with label pennyroyal. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 15, 2023

Plant Story--European Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium

Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) is a small European mint (mint family Lamiaceae) that was an important medicine for millennia. It was used to treat a number of illnesses but was sufficiently tricky to use that it has been replaced by other medicines and you rarely see it in North America, even in herb gardens.

European pennyroyal Mentha pulegium
European pennyroyal Mentha pulegium

I grew it because I was curious about it.