Lamiaceae
Water mint
Mentha aquatica
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Mentha
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Common names
By language (50)
- Arabic
- نعناع مائي, حبق الماء, نعناع بري, نعنع الشواطئ
- Armenian
- Անանուխ ջրային, Առվի դաղձ, Ջրադաղձ, Ջրանանուխ
- arz
- نعناع مائى
- azb
- سۇ نانهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Su nanəsi, İngilis nanəsi, İstiot nanə
- Basque
- Txipa-belar, Xipa-belar
- Belarusian
- Мята вадзяная
- Bulgarian
- Водна мента
- Cantonese
- 水薄荷
- Catalan
- Herba sana d'aigua, Herba d'aigua, Herba sana borda, Menthe Aquatique
- Chinese
- 水薄荷
- Czech
- Máta vodní
- Danish
- Vand-Mynte
- Dutch
- Watermunt, Aalkruid, Bakkruid, Boerenbalsem, Vlooiekruid, Vlooienkruid
- English
- Water mint
- Estonian
- Vesimünt
- Finnish
- Vesiminttu, Meriminttu
- French
- Menthe aquatique
- frr
- Weedermünt
- German
- Wasserminze, Bachminze, Wasser-Minze, Menthe Aquatique
- Greek
- Μέντα υδρόβια
- Hebrew
- נענע המים
- hsb
- Wódna mjetlička, Rólnik
- Hungarian
- Vízi menta, Balzsamka, Balzsamfű
- Icelandic
- Vatnamynta
- Igbo
- Water mint
- Indonesian
- Water mint
- Irish
- Mismín mionsach
- Italian
- Menta acquatica
- Japanese
- ヌマハッカ
- kbd
- АдыкӀэлэн
- Kurdish
- Tihtavik, تهتاڤک
- kw
- Menta an dowr
- Latvian
- Ūdens mētra
- Lithuanian
- Vandeninė mėta, Menthe Aquatique
- mzn
- اوجی
- nds
- Waotermunt, Aolkruud
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vassmynte
- Persian
- نعنای آبی, نعنا آبی, نعناع آبی, نعنای ابی
- Polish
- Mięta nadwodna, Mięta wodna
- Portuguese
- Hortelã-da-ribeira, Hortelã-da-água, Hortelã-de-água, Hortelã-mourisca, Planta milagrosa
- Romanian
- Mentă
- Russian
- Мята водная, Мята Шэ
- Slovak
- Mäta vodná
- Slovenian
- Vodna meta
- Spanish
- Hierba buena de agua, Mastranzos de agua, Menta acuática, Menta rizada, Poleo de río, Sisymbrio, Sándalo de agua, Sándalo macho
- Swedish
- Vattenmynta, Strandmynta, Menthe Aquatique
- Thai
- มินต์น้ำ
- Vietnamese
- Húng lủi, Húng dũi, Húng láng, Húng lũi
- Welsh
- Mintys y dŵr
Synonyms
- Marrubium aquaticum (L.) Uspenski
- Mentha acuta Opiz
- Mentha acutata Opiz
- Mentha adspersa Moench
- Mentha affinis Boreau
- Mentha aquatica f. ambigua Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. aquatica Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. aradensis Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. brachiata Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. cana J.Fraser
- Mentha aquatica f. caput-medusae (Trautm. & Urum.) Stoj., Stef. & Kitan.
- Mentha aquatica f. citrata (Ehrh.) Fresen.
- Mentha aquatica f. citriodora G.Mey.
- Mentha aquatica f. cuneiformis Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. dubia (Chaix ex Vill.) Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. elegans Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. elongata Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. glabrata Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. glabrescens Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. gnaphalifrons Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. hirsuta (Huds.) Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. hirsuta (Huds.) Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. hirta Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. icmadogena Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. illensis Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. lasiotricha Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. latiovalis Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. limosa (Schur) Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. lloydii (Boreau) Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. lobeliana (Becker) Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. luxurians Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. macrocephalota Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. macrophylla Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. maculosa Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. maxima Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. medaquensis Topitz
- Mentha aquatica f. minor Pérard
- Mentha aquatica f. obscura Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. opaca Wimm. & Grab.
- Mentha aquatica f. paniculata Pérard
and 259 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 1,148 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lesley Marrion-Cole, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Burschik at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: thomas_oswald, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.