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Pennyroyal
Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called squaw mint, mosquito plant and pudding grass, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint. Pennyroyal is a traditional folk remedy, emmenagogue, abortifacient, and culinary herb, but is toxic to the liver and has caused some deaths. European pennyroyal is related to an American
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.230
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.237
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.507
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.876
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.44
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.251
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.223
Herbarius
1485 · p.224
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.221
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.224
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.277
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.340
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57116.