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Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant [2] and pudding grass, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [4] Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.
Other names are mock pennyroyal, squaw mint, tickweed, stinking balm, mosquito plant, and American false pennyroyal. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The term "pennyroyal" (or pennyrile , from a dialectal pronunciation) is also used to describe a geographic province of western Kentucky , the Pennyroyal Plateau , where H. pulegioides grew in profusion sufficient to ...
Mentha pulegium (pennyroyal or European pennyroyal), a European herb; Hedeoma pulegioides (American pennyroyal or false pennyroyal), an American herb; Monardella odoratissima (mountain pennyroyal), mint family plant found in the southwestern United States
Piloblephis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It contains only one known species, Piloblephis rigida, the wild pennyroyal, [2] or pennyroyal [3] native to Florida, southern Georgia, and the Bahamas. [1] [4] [5]
Monardella odoratissima (mountain coyote mint, mountain beebalm, mountain monardella or mountain pennyroyal) is a perennial flowering plant. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae. It has the minty odor characteristic of this family. In 2020, Monardella villosa was included in M. odoratissima.
Hedeoma drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Drummond's false pennyroyal. It is native to western North America, where it is distributed mainly in the United States west of the Mississippi River and adjacent Mexico. This is a hairy perennial herb with an erect mintlike form up to 45 centimeters ...
The most concentrated and toxic form of the pennyroyal plant is pennyroyal oil. The oil contains 80% to 92% of cyclohexanone pulegone. Pulegone is the molecule in highest concentration, causes a variety of ailments in those who ingest it and is what causes the plant to have its peppermint flavor. [ 163 ]
Hedeoma reverchonii, commonly called Reverchon's false pennyroyal, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family . It is native to the south central region of the United States, where it is primarily found in Texas, extending into small areas of Arkansas and Oklahoma. [2] Its natural habitat is on open, calcareous rock outcrops. [3]