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lemon balm
Melissa officinalis
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), balm, common balm, or balm mint, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and native to south-central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, Iran, and Central Asia, but now naturalized in the Americas and elsewhere.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.179
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.998
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.207
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.177
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.180
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.202
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.532
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.530
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.84
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.464
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.85
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.596
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 59901.