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Mentha arvensis L.

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.
Matthew 6:28-29 

English anagrams
Germany
Russia

Distribution in USA and Canada

USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)


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

TAXONOMY

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

Genus: Mentha

Species

PLANT PROFILE  : (*)

Common names

U.S. name: wild mint

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Mentha arvensis L. ssp. borealis (Michx.) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde
= Mentha arvensis L. ssp. haplocalyx Briq.
= Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze
= Mentha arvensis L. var. glabrata (Benth.) Fernald
= Mentha arvensis L. var. lanata Piper
= Mentha arvensis L. var. sativa auct. non Benth.
= Mentha arvensis L. var. villosa (Benth.) S.R. Stewart
= Mentha canadensis L.
= Mentha gentilis L.
= Mentha glabrior (Hook.) Rydb.
= Mentha penardii (Briq.) Rydb.

Images

Mentha arvensis
Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Mentha arvensis
Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Mentha arvensis
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: 152.

Mentha arvensis
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: 153.

Mentha arvensis
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: 152.

Mentha arvensis
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - 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 arvensis
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 arvensis
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella

Mentha arvensis
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella

Mentha arvensis
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella

Mentha arvensis
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Mentha arvensis
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Other informations

Index of taxa

Genera of  Lamiaceae: