Mentha aquatica L. (M. paludosa Relh.)
First record: Ray, 1660
Mentha aquatica sive Sisymbrium Water Mint. Ray,1660,97(84).
Mentha aquatica sive Sisymbrium Water-Mint. Ray,1670:207.
Mentha aquatica Officinarum Martyn,1727,48.
[Mentha aquatica] August September Flore albo.Th.M.ann.Meth.48.
Mentha hirsuta M. aquatica Water Mint. Relhan,1785.
Mentha sp. I have entered upon the serious examination of the Mints, and have no doubt that many are yet undiscovered; if I find any not mentioned in Sole shall I send specimens ? I will preserve them for you with great pleasure....[Lists 5 specimens No. 1 - No. 5. - with Cambs localities but no names.] To JE Smith, 21.8.1799, Relhan,litt.1799.
I send you a Mentha is it acutifolia? it has the five monarc[d]ha small; and in the spring appears like M.odorata. I believe it must be considered as a M.hirsuta. Relhan,litt.1800a.
...Mentha hirsuta a, b and d, Relh....M. paludosa Relh. ed.2.228. Bab.ann.174.
Headed Mint. Wet places. Probably common throughout the county, although but few stations are recorded in the Fens. Bab.1860,174.
Distr. 7. Everywhere in the Fens! AF.ann.
There are also 296 records in Recorder, [R].
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Gatwell End Spinney; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553; Stream side, Gatley End, 296.413, R Payne, 1977.
Guilden Morden; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Cuxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Eltisley. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Gamlingay. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Near Haley Wood; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553; S edge of Hayley Wood, EF Warburg, 25.9.1941, det. RA Graham, CGE.
By a moat, in the Manor grounds, Hatley St George, var. purpurea (Host) Pérard, PD Sell, 23.8.1951, det. RA Graham, CGE.
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Barrington, ? var. nicaeensis Briq. WW Newbold, 9.9.1856, det. J Fraser 1930, det. RA Graham, CGE.
? var. weiheana H Braun, Barrington, WW Newbold, 9.9.1856, det. RA Graham, det. J Fraser 1930, with a note, CGE.
Barrington. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Bassingbourn, PD Sell, 1946' Ditch on the boundary of Bassingbourn & Litlington, 319.442, PD Sell 82/236, 15.8.1982, CGE.
Croydon. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Malton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Melbourn (Bury Lane), 9.8.1913, Gregor,ann.
X Mentha aquatica on Bank Mill Stream Meldreth. Britten,1859. [X = ann. by Bab.]
Mill Stream, Meldreth; DB. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Arrington. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Mentha hirsuta Bourne, Cambsh., W.L.P.G., 3.9.1837, SWN.
Bourn; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Caldecot. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Caxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Gt Eversden; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Kingston; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Long Stow; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553; Longstowe Hall Wood, EF Warburg, 1940.
Toft; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Elsworth; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Pit SW of Madingley Park. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Swavesey. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Chatteris, AF.cat.
Doddington Turf Fen, AF.cat.
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Doddington. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Cambridge, JS Henslow, 18.7.1822, det. RA Graham, CGE; var. nicaeensis Briq., CC Babington, 24.8.1849, var. hirsuta, det. RA Graham, CGE; Bab.MS.Fl.553.
River walls, Cambridge: Garrett Hostel Lane; by Trinity Bridge, J Rishbeth, 1939.
Barton road. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Open Common. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Near Paradise, CE Moss, 2.8.1912, ± var. hirsuta Hudson, det. RA Graham, CGE.
By brook at Coton. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Coton, ? var. weiheana, RH Lock, 8.1899, CGE.
Durnford Fen, RI Lynch, 23.8.1881, CUBG 127/81; Dernford Fen, EA George, 1939.
M. hirsuta Hairy Mint. b Behind Granchester Mill. Relhan,1802; Behind Grantchester Mill; Relh. Bab.MS.Fl.553; Byron's Pool, CJ Shepherd, 1939.
Madingley Chalk pit. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Wet hollow in Moorbarns Thicket. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Chesterton Ballast Pits, DH Valentine, 1940.
Cottenham fen. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Mentha odorata Milton side of the River below Ditton Camb. Dreyer ann. Smith,1800:615; Mentha odorata [or hirsuta] By the Ferry at Ditton. Rev. Mr. Brooke. Borrer ann. Bot.Guide,1805,57.
g In a Ditch on the Right Hand Side of the Road to Impington; a little way beyond the Pond. Relhan,1820,236.
var. hirsuta Huds, Horningsea-fen, n.c., 19.8.1827, det. RA Graham, CGE; Horningsey. Bab.MS.Fl.553; Horningsea fen, W Howell, 1930.
Madingley Brick Ponds, 1928, J Blades ann.Bab.
Mare Way. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Milton Fen, ditch, AC Trueblood , 1940.
Waterbeach. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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M. hirsuta d Fen Mint. Audrey Causeway. Relhan,1802.
Sutton, AF.cat; Sutton near Ely, ?var. pedunculata Pers. (det. 1953) ? var. nicaeensis Briq., det. RA Graham 1950, CE Moss, 8.1911, CGE.
Twenty Pence Ferry, Cottenham, G 20, AC Trueblood, 1940.
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Byal Fen, AF.cat.
Washes, AF.cat.
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Fire Lots, AF.cat.
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Little Linton. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
M. hirsuta b Pampisford. Relhan,1802.
Pampisford; Relh. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Near Fleam Dyke, var. nicaeensis Briq., A Shrubbs, 8.1878, det. J Fraser 1930, det. RA Graham, CGE.
Temple Wilbraham. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Adventurer's Fen, EA George, 1940.
Bottisham fen. Bab.MS.Fl.553; Bottisham Lode, EA George, 1940.
Burwell, EA George, 1940.
Quy Fen, JL Crosby, 1939.
Reach Lode, EA George, 1940.
M. hirsuta Swaffham J.D., 20.7.1829, NTM; Swaffham Bulbeck. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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M. hirsuta d Fen Mint. Holt Fen, near Stretham. Relhan,1802.
var. purpurea (Host) Pérard, Upware, CC Babington, 9.8.1861, det. RA Graham, CGE.
Upware Pits, 1911, CEM.ann; Upware, EA George, 1940.
Wicken fen. Bab.MS.Fl.553; Wicken Fen, n.c., [? Lynch], 26.8.1888, CGE; Wicken Fen, n.c., ex Hb. Bournemouth, 8.1905, CGE; 21.7.1910, Gray,ann; 1910. CEM.ann; Evans,1923; ? var. ortmannianuus, H Gilbert-Carter, 8.8.1941, det. RA Graham, CGE.
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Ely, L.J., 14.8.1822, BATHG; Ely. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Shudy Camps. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Brinkley. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Dullingham. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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Brook Chippenham. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Chippenham Moor, AF.ann; Chippenham, 26.8.1917, Ann.Lee.
Deersley's Wood, Newmarket. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
Snailwell fen. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
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g M. hirsuta, M. palustris Fordham, on the South Side of the River below the Town, The Hasse, F 24-25, APD Jones, 1940.
In the Way to Soham. Relhan,1820,236.
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69A, GMS Easy, 1978.
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Upend, 701.579, on flood plain, EM Hyde, 1981.
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M. hirsuta frequent by the sides of Ditches. 1829. Wisbech. JRW 275, Folder 41, Gen.Hb.WBCH; Menth hirsuta A very common Plant by the sides of Drains about Wisbech. Hort.Sicc.4:WBCH.
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M. hirsuta ... From Leverington. Aug. 1828. Common in Ditches round Wisbech 1795. Skrim.MS.
Newton. Bab.MS.Fl.553.
