Mentha is the Latin name for mint and comes from the name of the Greek nymph, Minthe, who was changed into the mint plant. Pulegium is Latin for fleabane because it was thought to suppress fleas. Pennyroyal is a derivation from the Old French pulyole ryale meaning thyme. Other names: European Pennyroyal Pennyroyal Mint. Summary:
Both plants are members of the mint family and both are referred to as pennyroyal. H. pulegioides (American pennyroyal) grows in woods through most of the
Some of these plants and herbs include wormwood, rue, salvia, licorice root, mint pennyroyal, and calendula.
Some of these plants and herbs include wormwood, rue, salvia, licorice root, mint pennyroyal, and calendula.
Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called squaw mint, mosquito plant and pudding grass, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family.
There are two plants called pennyroyal. One is the European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium), which is a member of the mint family. The other is the
The largest of Kentucky's regions, Pennyroyal is named for the wild mint plant of the same name which grows here. The Pennyroyal Region is also
Some of these plants and herbs include wormwood, rue, salvia, licorice root, mint pennyroyal, and calendula.
plant called pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium; left). Both are in the mint family and possess its classic fragrance, but while Corsican mint
Comments