Lamiaceae
Big-leaf mint
Mentha × rotundifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Mentha
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- نعناع مستدير الأوراق
- arz
- نعناع مستدير الاوراق
- Bulgarian
- Ябълкова мента
- Cantonese
- 圓葉薄荷
- Chinese
- 圆叶薄荷, 鱼香根
- Dutch
- Wollige munt
- English
- Big-leaf mint, Mint
- Finnish
- Omenaminttu
- German
- Falsche Apfel-Minze
- Greek
- Αγριοδυόσμος, Μέντα η στρογγυλόφυλλος
- Russian
- Мята яблочная
Synonyms
- Mentha ambigua Personnat
- Mentha anglica Déségl.
- Mentha burckhardtiana Opiz
- Mentha clandestina (Wirtg.) Heinr.Braun
- Mentha fragrans C.Presl
- Mentha halleri Dierb.
- Mentha microstachys Timb.-Lagr. ex Heinr.Braun
- Mentha niliaca Juss. ex Jacq.
- Mentha niliaca var. lurida Briq.
- Mentha niliaca var. melaneilema Briq.
- Mentha nouletiana var. gallica Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia f. ambigua Pérard
- Mentha rotundifolia f. clandestina (Wirtg.) Pérard
- Mentha rotundifolia f. cordifolia Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia f. exstans Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia f. genuina Heinr.Braun
- Mentha rotundifolia f. pachystachya Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia f. rugosa Pérard
- Mentha rotundifolia f. thierseana Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia var. apodysa Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. bella Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. brachytricha Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. clandestina Wirtg.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. crematophylla Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia var. expallens Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. fragrans Heinr.Braun
- Mentha rotundifolia var. microdonta Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. psilostachya Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia var. rugosa Wirtg.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. segorbensis Topitz
- Mentha rotundifolia var. semeiodes Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. trevirani Briq.
- Mentha rotundifolia var. variegata Gray
- Mentha spicata var. rotundifolia L.
- Mentha sylvestris var. niliaca (Jacq.) Nyman
- Mentha villosa f. burckhardtiana (Opiz) Topitz
- Mentha villosa var. wirtgeniana Rouy
- Mentha viridis var. cana Lej. & Courtois
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Miranda José, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tim Park, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Glaurent, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 🌴Anxo🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Batsv, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jon zabala, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hana Váchová, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.