Lamiaceae

Pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha

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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) — FlowerPhoto: botanygirl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (57)

aeb: فليّو
ang: Dƿeorgedosle, Dweorgedosle, Dweorgedwosle, Dweorgedwostle
Arabic: نعناع أوروبي, النعناع البري, النعناع البرّي, فلية, فليحا, فليو, فوذنج, نعناع بري
Armenian: Հնչյունային դասավորություն
arz: نعناع اوروبى
Asturian: Menta polexu
azb: یارپیز
Azerbaijani: Giləmərzə
Basque: Txortalo
Bulgarian: Блатна мента
Cantonese: 普利薄荷
Catalan: Poliol, Poliol d'aigua
Central Kurdish: پوونگە, پوونگه
Chinese: 唇萼薄荷, 普列薄荷, 除蚤薄荷
Czech: Polej obecná
Danish: Polejmynte
Dutch: Polei
English: Pennyroyal, Penny-royal
Esperanto: Pulegio
Filipino: Kusing na maharlika, M pulegium, M. pulegium, Maharlikang kusing, Peniroyal, Penny royal, Penny-royal
Finnish: Puolanminttu
French: Menthe pouliot, Flio, Pennyroyal
Galician: Poexo
Georgian: Ომბალო
German: Polei-Minze, Poleiminze, Polei
glk: کوتکوتو
Greek: Μέντα φλισκούνι, Βλήχων
Hebrew: נענע הכדורים
hsb: Dźiwja mjetlička
Hungarian: Csombormenta, Mocsárimenta, Polyákmenta
Irish: Borógach
Japanese: ペニーロイヤルミント, ペニーロイヤル, メグサハッカ, 目草薄荷
kab: Felgu
Korean: 페니로얄민트, 페니로얄
Kurdish: Pûng, پوونگ
kw: Menta riel
Latvian: Paleju mētra
Lithuanian: Taškuotoji mėta
Macedonian: Метвица
Maltese: Plejju
mwl: Puleijos, Apuleijos
mzn: پیتنک
os: Цъымарайы битъына
Persian: پونه
Polish: Mięta polej
Portuguese: Poejo, Hortelãzinho, Manjerico-da-ribeira
Romanian: Busuiocul cerbilor, Busuiocul cerbului
Russian: Мята болотная, Мята блошница
Serbian: Метвица, Metvica
Slovak: Mäta sivá
Spanish: Menta poleo, Poleio, Poleo, Poleo real, Póleo, Te del campo
Swedish: Polejmynta
Turkish: Yarpuz
Ukrainian: М'ята блошина, М'ята болотна
Urdu: پودینہ جبلی
Welsh: Brymlys, Coluddlys, Llysiau'r gwaed
zza: Pune

Synonyms

Calamintha fenzlii Vis.
Melissa pulegium (L.) Griseb.
Mentha albarracinensis Pau
Mentha aromatica Salisb.
Mentha aucheri Pérard
Mentha daghestanica Boriss.
Mentha erinoides Heldr.
Mentha exigua L.
Mentha gibraltarica Willd.
Mentha gryparia Heldr.
Mentha hirtiflora Opiz ex Heinr.Braun
Mentha montana Lowe ex Benth.
Mentha numidica Poir.
Mentha pulegioides Dumort.
Mentha pulegium f. alba Rainha
Mentha pulegium f. albiflora Cheshm.
Mentha pulegium f. anodonta Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. brusanensis Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. cephalonia Heinr.Braun
Mentha pulegium f. cermatisa Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. communis Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. foetida Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. hellenica Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. macrostylos Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. setuligera Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. sphenoides Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. stenobasea Topitz
Mentha pulegium f. strongylophylla Topitz
Mentha pulegium subsp. cephalonia (Heinr.Braun) Kokkini
Mentha pulegium subsp. erinoides (Heldr.) Kokkini
Mentha pulegium subsp. gibraltarica (Willd.) Briq.
Mentha pulegium subsp. tomentosa (Sm.) Nyman
Mentha pulegium subsp. vulgaris (Mill.) Briq.
Mentha pulegium subvar. prostrata (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy
Mentha pulegium var. cacocea Topitz
Mentha pulegium var. cotorensis Topitz
Mentha pulegium var. erecta (Mill.) Briq.
Mentha pulegium var. eriantha DC.
Mentha pulegium var. exigua (L.) Nyman
Mentha pulegium var. gibraltarica (Willd.) Batt.

and 48 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to September (from 1,545 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: botanygirl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.