Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Mentha viridis L.


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

Taxon Page:

Name: Mentha viridis L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 804. 1763 [Aug 1763]
Rank: species
See: ► Mentha spicata L.

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Spearmint

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 sylvestris 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 viridis
Mentha viridis
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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 viridis L.
Map for Mentha viridis 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 x gentilis L. var. cardiaca (J. Gerard ex Baker) B. Boivin (pro nm.) [207]
2) Mentha x gracilis Sole (pro sp.) [319]
3) Mentha x muelleriana auct. non F.W. Schultz [172]
4) Mentha x piperita L. (pro sp.) [3535]
5) Mentha x verticillata L., nom. inq. [342]
6) Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray [479]
7) Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. veatchiana (Kellogg) Urb. & Gilg [191]
8) Mentzelia douglasii H. St. John [163]
9) Mentzelia laevicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. acuminata (Rydb.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr. [165]
10) Mentzelia nitens Greene var. jonesii (Urb. & Gilg) J. Darl. [164]

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