Lamiaceae
Mint
Mentha × verticillata
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Mentha
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- نعناع مدبب الأوراق
- Dutch
- Kransmunt
- English
- Mint
- Finnish
- Kiehkuraminttu
Synonyms
- Mentha abruptifolia Borbás ex Heinr.Braun
- Mentha acinifolia Borbás ex Heinr.Braun
- Mentha acuti-serrata Opiz
- Mentha acutifolia Sm.
- Mentha adulterina Borbás
- Mentha agardhiana Hartm.
- Mentha alata W.D.J.Koch
- Mentha amplissima (T.Durand) Strail
- Mentha aquatica subsp. verticillata Fr.
- Mentha aquatica subsp. verticillata (L.) Čelak.
- Mentha aquatica var. acuta Haw. ex Steud.
- Mentha aquatica var. hirsuta (W.D.J.Koch) Strail
- Mentha aquatica var. pilosa (Spreng.) Fr.
- Mentha aquatica var. verticillata (L.) G.Mey.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. acutifolia Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. eifliensis Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. elliptica Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. latifolia Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. longipedunculata Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. opaca Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. subglabra Wirtg.
- Mentha aquaticoarvensis f. subspicata Wirtg.
- Mentha arvensiaquatica Wirtg.
- Mentha arvensiaquatica f. articulata Wirtg.
- Mentha arvensis subsp. sativa (L.) Arcang.
- Mentha austiana Heinr.Braun
- Mentha ballotifolia Opiz
- Mentha belgradensis Heinr.Braun
- Mentha beneschina Opiz ex Déségl.
- Mentha biserrata Opiz ex Déségl.
- Mentha bracteosa Strail
- Mentha brauniana Topitz
- Mentha brevicomosa Topitz
- Mentha brevidentata Strail
- Mentha calaminthoides Heinr.Braun
- Mentha cechobrodensis Opiz
- Mentha ceretana Sennen
- Mentha ceretanica Sennen
- Mentha clinopodiifolia Heinr.Braun
and 166 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.