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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mentha ×piperita var. piperita   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha ×piperita [aquatica × spicata]   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Mentha ×piperita

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-007:

Mentha piperita   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mentha piperita

 

COMMON NAME:
Peppermint


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image of Mentha ×piperita var. piperita, Peppermint

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_173

        

image of Mentha ×piperita var. piperita, Peppermint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mecr6_001_lvd

        

image of Mentha ×piperita var. piperita, Peppermint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_mepi_002_lvd

        

image of Mentha ×piperita var. piperita, Peppermint

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_m_x_piperita_piperita

July    Currituck County    NC

Flowers in thick compact spikes. Lvs smooth, lanceolate, w 1/8-1/4" petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mentha ×piperita var. piperita   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha ×piperita [aquatica × spicata]   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Mentha ×piperita

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-007:
Mentha piperita   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha piperita

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2846

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in Mountains, in NC, & in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale pink or purplish
Almost radially symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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