Lamiaceae
Apple mint
Mentha suaveolens
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Mentha
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Common names
By language (34)
- aeb
- مرسيطة
- Arabic
- نعناع حلو الرائحة
- arz
- نعناع حلو الرائحه
- Asturian
- Mentraste
- Bulgarian
- Кръглолистна мента
- Cantonese
- 蘋果薄荷
- Catalan
- Menta borda, Alfàbrega de pastor, Matapuça
- Chinese
- 苹果薄荷, 蘋果薄荷, 圆叶薄荷, 毛茸薄荷, 鳳梨薄荷
- Czech
- Máta vonná
- Dutch
- Witte munt
- English
- Apple mint, Round-leaved mint
- Finnish
- Pyöröminttu
- French
- Menthe odorante, Menthe à feuilles rondes
- Galician
- Mentraste
- German
- Rundblättrige Minze
- Hebrew
- נענע ריחנית
- hsb
- Šěroka mjetlička
- Hungarian
- Almamenta
- Japanese
- アップルミント, マルバハッカ
- kab
- Timejja
- Korean
- 애플민트
- kw
- Menta aval
- Macedonian
- Јаболково нане
- Maltese
- Nagħniegħ selvaġġ
- mwl
- Maltrasto, Huortelana braba
- Persian
- نعنای سیبی
- Portuguese
- Mentrasto, Hortelã-brava, Mondrastos
- Russian
- Мята душистая
- shi
- Timijja
- Slovak
- Mäta voňavá
- Spanish
- Atapulgas, Hierba aspera, Hierba brava, Hierba áspera, Hierbabuena de burro, Maestranzo, Mastranzo oloroso, Mastranzo remendado
- Swedish
- Rundmynta
- Welsh
- Mintys deilgrwn
- zgh
- ⵜⵉⵎⵉⵊⵊⴰ
Synonyms
- Mentha rotundifolia var. suaveolens (Ehrh.) Briq.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 892 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, 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.