Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Melissa officinalis L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
Cultivated ex New Zealand, North Island, Western Northland Ecological Region, Tangihua Ecological District, Tauraroa, Tauraroa Road near school
Field Collection Date
06 Jan 1992
Field Collection Notes
Locally common on roadside amongst rank grass.
Collected in the wild August 1990. Flowers pale
pink, leaves minty smelling, not lemony! Calyx is
nerved
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-35.86667, 174.21667
174.21667, 174.21667
Last Update
21 Nov 2016
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