NameThatPlant.net: Mentha ×piperita var. piperita

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mentha ×piperita var. piperita FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Mentha at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha ×piperita [aquatica × spicata] FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-007:

Mentha piperita FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Peppermint

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mentha ×piperita var. piperita FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha ×piperita [aquatica × spicata] FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-007:
Mentha piperita FAMILY Lamiaceae

2846

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in Mountains, in NC, & in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale pink or purplish
Almost radially symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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