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Mentha spicata L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Spear Mint
  • 🇫🇷 Menthe en épi, Menthe verte

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Clade: Lamiids
  • Order: Lamiales
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Subfamily: Nepetoideae
  • Tribe: Mentheae
  • Subtribe: Menthinae
  • Genus: Mentha
  • Species: Mentha spicata

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Tetraploid (2n = 48).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • M. spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet, 1985;
  • M. spicata subsp. spicata
    • var. crispata (Schrad. ex Willd.) Schinz & Thell., 1914;
    • var. spicata L., 1753, I.

Hybridizes with:

  • M. aquatica L., 1753 to produce M. × piperita L., 1753, M;
  • M. aquatica L., 1753 and M. arvensis L., 1753 to produce M. × smithiana R.A.Graham, 1949, M;
  • M. arvensis L., 1753 to produce M × gentilis L., 1753, M (het. syn. M. × gracilis Sole, 1798);
  • M. longifolia (L.) L., 1759 to produce M. × villosonervata Opiz, 1831, P;
  • M. suaveolens Ehrh., 1792 to produce M. × villosa Huds., 1778, P.

Photographs

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Mentha spicata
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Mentha spicata - Leaves

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