Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Mentha sylvestris L.


LAMIACEAE Family selection - Mint family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Mentha sylvestris L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 804 (1763)
Rank: species
See: ► Mentha spicata L.

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Spearmint
en English name: Biblical mint
English name: horse mint

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Mentha spicata L.
= Mentha cordifolia auct.
= Mentha longifolia auct. non (L.) Huds.
= Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. mollissima (Borkh.) Rouy
= Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. undulata (Willd.) Fiori
= Mentha spicata L. var. longifolia L.
= Mentha spicata L. var. spicata
= Mentha viridis L.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species:


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Mentha sylvestris
Mentha sylvestris
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Mentha sylvestris
Mentha sylvestris
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Distributional map for Mentha sylvestris L.
Map for Mentha sylvestris L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Mentha viridis L. [320]
2) Mentha x gentilis L. var. cardiaca (J. Gerard ex Baker) B. Boivin (pro nm.) [207]
3) Mentha x gracilis Sole (pro sp.) [319]
4) Mentha x piperi L. var. citrata (Ehrh.) B. Boivin (pro nm.) [247]
5) Mentha x verticillata L. var. peduncularis (Boreau) Rouy (pro nm.) [166]
6) Mentha x villosa Huds. var. alopecuroides (Hull) Briq. (pro nm.) [155]
7) Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. tenerrima (Rydb.) H. St. John [93]
8) Mentzelia decapetala (Pursh ex Sims) Urb. & Gilg ex Gilg [2287]
9) Mentzelia integra (M.E. Jones) Tidestr. [172]
10) Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) A. Gray ssp. longiloba (J. Darl.) Felger [152]

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