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Mentha spicata L. Sp. Pl. ed. 1 576 (1753)

See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
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Mentha spicata L.
Distribution in U.S.A. and Canada
USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 24 June 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.


Mentha spicata L.
Distribuzione in Europa


Mentha spicata L.
Distribuzione in Italia

TAXONOMY

Kingdom / Regno: Plantae
Subkingdom / Sottoregno: Tracheobionta
Superdivision / Superdivisione: Spermatophyta
Division / Divisione: Magnoliophyta
Class / Classe: Magnoliopsida
Subclass / Sottoclasse: Asteridae
Order / Ordine: Lamiales
Family / Famiglia: Lamiaceae

Genus / Genere: Mentha

Species / Specie

PLANT PROFILE / INFORMAZIONI : (*)

Rank: species / specie
Status name: accepted / accettato

Nomi comuni / Common names

Italian name / Nome italiano:
Menta romana

English name: Spearmint
US name: Spearmint
French name: menthe verte
German name: grüne Minze
Spanish name: yerbabuena
Portuguese name: hortelã-comum

Forma biologica: H scap
Periodo di fioritura: VI-X
Tipo corologico: Euri-Medit.
Altitudine (min/max): 0/1200 m.

Synonyms / Sinonimi:
Mentha sylvestris auct., non L.
Mentha crispata Schrad.
Mentha niliaca auct., non Juss. ex Jacq.
Mentha viridis (L.) L.
Mentha crispa L.
Mentha cordifolia auct., ? non Opiz
Mentha longifolia auct., non (L.) Huds.


Sottospecie:
Mentha spicata L. ssp. glabrata (Lej. et Court.) Lebeau
Mentha spicata L. ssp. spicata

Images / Immagini

Mentha spicata L. Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Mentha spicata L.

Mentha spicata L. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Mentha spicata L. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 149. The copyright of this image has expired. This applies to those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years (United States, Canada, the European Union etc.). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this line-drawing for any purpose.

Mentha spicata L. Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image

Mentha spicata L. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

Mentha spicata L. Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Index of taxa / Indice delle specie

Generi delle Lamiaceae:

N.B. Per alcune specie la distribuzione geografica potrebbe richiedere degli aggiornamenti