Lamiaceae

Corn mint

Mentha arvensis L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha

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Common names

By language (69)

Arabic: نعناع حقلي, نعناع ياباني, نعنع الحقول
Armenian: Դաղձ դաշտային
arz: نعناع حقلى
Assamese: পদিনা
Azerbaijani: Çəmən nanəsi, Çəmən yarpızı
Bangla: বন্য পুদিনা
Basque: Basamenda
Belarusian: Мята палявая, Вінная шышка, Дзикая мята, Душыца дзікая, Каціная мята, Мята лясная, Мятка, Мятка палявая
Bosnian: Poljska metvica
Bulgarian: Полска мента
Burmese: ပရုတ်အေး
Cantonese: 野薄荷
Catalan: Herbe d'anguille, Menthe des champs
Chinese: 日本薄荷, 野薄荷, 土薄荷, 玉米薄荷, 田野薄荷, 薄荷, 香薄荷
Croatian: Poljska metvica
csb: Ùrażewé zelé
Czech: Máta rolní
Danish: Ager-Mynte
Dutch: Akkermunt
English: Corn mint, Wild mint, Field mint
Estonian: Põldmünt
Finnish: Rantaminttu, Peltominttu
French: Herbe d'anguille, Menthe des champs, Menthe sauvage
Galician: Menta brava
German: Acker-Minze, Ackerminze, Feldminze, Kornminze, Herbe d'anguille, Menthe des champs
Gujarati: ફુદીનો
Hindi: पुदीना, पोदीना
hsb: Rólna mjetlička
Hungarian: Mezei menta
Indonesian: Bijanggut
Irish: Mismín arbhair
Italian: Menta dei campi, Menta selvatica, Mentastro
Japanese: ニホンハッカ, コーンミント, ジャパニーズペパーミント, ジャパニーズミント, ワシュハッカ, 和種薄荷, 日本薄荷, ヨウシュハッカ
Kannada: ಪುದೀನ
kbd: Бэрэтӏинагъуэ
Kurdish: Pûjana çîmenê, پووژانا چیمەنێ
lah: پودینہ
Latvian: Tīruma mētra
Lithuanian: Dirvinė mėta, Herbe d'anguille, Menthe des champs
Macedonian: Полско нане
Malay: Pokok Keresmen
Marathi: पुदिना
Nepali: पुदिना
Norwegian Bokmål: Åkermynte
Norwegian Nynorsk: Åkermynte
nv: Tólchiin
Odia: ପୁଦିନା
Persian: نعنای وحشی
Polish: Mięta polna
Portuguese: Hortelã-brava, Hortela-brava
Romanian: Mentă de câmp, Mentă de cîmp
rup: Ayazmã
Russian: Мята полевая, Мята луговая
Sanskrit: पुतिहासस्यम्, पुदिनापत्रम्
Serbian: Пољска нана
Serbian (Latin): Poljska metvica
Slovak: Mäta roľná
Slovenian: Njivska meta
Spanish: Asanda, Hierba buena, Hierbabuena, Menta, Té del río, Yerba buena de los campos
Sundanese: Bijanggut
Swedish: Åkermynta, Herbe d'anguille, Menthe des champs
tcy: ಪುದೀನ
Thai: มินต์ป่า
Turkish: Japon nanesi
Ukrainian: М'ята польова, Дика м'ята, Драголюб, Котячка, М'ята дика, М'ята кінська
Urdu: پودینہ
Vietnamese: Bạc hà Á, Bạc hà nam
Welsh: Mintys yr âr
wuu: 野薄荷

Synonyms

Calamintha arvensis (L.) Garsault
Mentha acutifolia var. nummularia (Schreb.) Boenn.
Mentha agrestis Hegetschw.
Mentha agrestis Sole
Mentha agrestis var. subrotunda Schur ex Heinr.Braun
Mentha agrestris Sole
Mentha albae-carolinae Heinr.Braun
Mentha alberti Sennen
Mentha allionii Boreau
Mentha angustifolia Schreb.
Mentha anomala Hérib.
Mentha approximata (Wirtg.) Strail
Mentha arenaria Topitz
Mentha arguta Opiz
Mentha argutissima Borbás & Heinr.Braun
Mentha argutissima var. recedens Heinr.Braun
Mentha argutissima var. subpilosa Topitz
Mentha arvensihirsuta Wirtg.
Mentha arvensihirsuta f. calcarea Malinv.
Mentha arvensiplicata Rchb.
Mentha arvensis f. adrophylloides Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. albensis Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. albiflora J.Fraser
Mentha arvensis f. alverniensis Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. ambleodonta Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. angustifolia J.Fraser
Mentha arvensis f. badensis-obtusifolia Briq.
Mentha arvensis f. badensis-parietariifolia Briq.
Mentha arvensis f. badensis-praecox Briq.
Mentha arvensis f. borsodensis Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. bracteoligera Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. campicola (Heinr.Braun) Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. campylocormos Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. confertidens Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. cuneisecta Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. deflexa (Dumort.) Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. diffusa (Lej.) Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. divaricata Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. divergens Topitz
Mentha arvensis f. dolichophylla (Borbás ex Topitz) Topitz

and 343 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

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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.