Mentha suaveolens Ehrh., 1792

Common names

🇬🇧 Round-leaved Mint
🇫🇷 Menthe à feuilles rondes, Menthe sauvage

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 suaveolens

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

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

Notes

Diploid (2n = 24).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

M. suaveolens subsp. suaveolens Ehrh., 1792, P;
M. suaveolens subsp. timija (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet, 1985.

Hybridizes with:

M. aquatica L., 1753 to produce M. × maximilianea F.W.Schultz, 1854, P (het. syn. M. × suavis Guss., 1826);
M. arvensis L., 1753 to produce M. × carinthiaca Host, 1831, P;
M. longifolia (L.) L., 1759 to produce M. × rotundifolia (L.) Huds., 1762, P;
M. spicata L., 1753 to produce M. × villosa Huds., 1778, P.

Photographs

img/mentha-suaveolens.webp — Mentha suaveolens

img/mentha-suaveolens-2.webp — Mentha suaveolens

img/mentha-suaveolens-3.webp — Mentha suaveolens - Leaves

Sources

Kavak, S. (2014). Mentha suaveolens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164109A42327709.en
Lawrence, B.M. (2006). Mint: the Genus Mentha (p. 27). CRC Press.
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 803). Biotope.