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Pennyroyal
Related Category: Plants
name for two similar plants of the family Labiatae ( family), usually distinguished as true, or European, pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and American, or mock, pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides).
Pennyroyal
(Mentha Pulegium LINN.)
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Pennyroyal ...
Lamiaceae / Mint Rough False Pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a annual which can reach 23cm in height (9inches). The stem is very bristly or "hispid".
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite.
Pennyroyal
Mentha pulegium
MEDICINAL: Pennyroyal herb removes gas from the digestive system. It is also used as a tea, taken a few days before menstruation to aid a suppressed flow.
Fluxweed (False Pennyroyal)
Isanthus brachiatus (Trichostema brachiatum) ...
John's Wort, Pale Toadflax, Pale Willowherb, Pale flax, Parsley Piert, Parsley Water Dropwort, Pasque flower, Patience Dock, Pedunculate Oak, Pellitory of the Wall, Pencilled Cranesbill, Pendulous Sedge, Pennyroyal, Pepper Saxifrage, ...
Nombres relacionados: American false pennyroyal (inglés), American Pennyroyal (inglés), Hederoma pulegioides (sinónimo), Labiata (familia), Poleo americano (castellano).
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These included parsley, anise, pennyroyal, sorrel, watercress, liverwort, wild leeks, and lavender.
Interesting Notes
This three-foot-tall herb is loaded with pulegone, the same insect
repellent found in pennyroyal. It's not a popular herb, and I don't understand why. It's a fine weed to grow around the house, and it has many uses.
Thujone is the bitterest component of yarrow's leaves, which keeps it little-browsed by wild animals. It's a component of many edible plants such as sassafrass, pennyroyal, thyme, caraway, & sage, ...
Some say it has the scent of pennyroyal. On a warm summer day, sitting in the shade is cooling, but placing your bare feet and wiggling your toes over the tiny, ...
pennyroyal; peppermint Mentha pulegium
pepper tree Schinus molle
peregrine saltbush Atriplex suberecta
perennial pepperweed; broad leaf pepperwort Lepidium latifolium
perennial ryegrass, English ryegrass Lolium perenne ...
 See also: Medic, May, Green, Tea, Pepper
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