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Mentha arvensis, the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It has a circumboreal distribution, being native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia , east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia , and North America .
Mentha. Genera See text Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. [1] [2] It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme.
Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear.
Agronomic studies often focus on the above-ground part of plant biomass, and consider crop growth rates rather than individual plant growth rates. Nonetheless there is a strong corollary between the two approaches. More specifically, the ULR as discussed above shows up in crop growth analysis as well, as: = . = .
Mentha aquatica was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [10] As with other Mentha species, it was subsequently re-described under a variety of different names; as of July 2019 [update] , Plants of the World Online listed 87 synonyms, including four forms or varieties that it does not recognize. [ 11 ]
Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. [1] Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, [ 2 ] the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. [ 3 ]
Apple mint typically grows to a height of from 40 to 100 centimetres (16 to 39 in) tall and spreads by stolons to form clonal colonies. The foliage is light green, with the opposite, wrinkled, sessile leaves being oblong to nearly ovate, 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long and 2 to 4 cm (0.8 to 1.6 in) broad.
Mentha canadensis is a species of mint native to North America (from the Northwest Territories to central Mexico) and the eastern part of Asia (from Siberia to Java). In North America, it is commonly known as Canada mint , [ 4 ] American wild mint , [ 5 ] and in Asia as Chinese mint , Sakhalin mint , [ 6 ] Japanese mint , [ 7 ] and East Asian ...