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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.
Mentha suaveolens, the apple mint, pineapple mint, woolly mint or round-leafed mint (synonyms M. rotundifolia, Mentha macrostachya, Mentha insularis), [1] [2] is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to southern and western Europe including the Mediterranean region.
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.
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 ]
Mentha pulegium: Scientific classification; Kingdom: Plantae: Clade ... Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. [1] [2] It includes herbs ...
Spearmint (Mentha spicata), also known as garden mint, common mint, ... The stem is square-shaped, a defining characteristic of the mint family of herbs.
Mentha longifolia, also known as horse mint, [1] brookmint, [2] fillymint or St. John's horsemint, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae.It is native to Europe excluding Britain and Ireland, [3] western and central Asia (east to Nepal and far western China), and northern and southern (but not tropical) Africa.
Mentha aquatica (water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds. [ 3 ] ) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae . It grows in moist places and is native to much of Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia .