OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mentha ×gracilis   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha ×gracilis [arvensis × spicata]   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Mentha ×gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of New York State (Werier, 2017)

Mentha arvensis × spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)

Mentha gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Mentha ×gracilis

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-002:

Mentha cardiaca   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Mentha gentilis

 

COMMON NAME:
Small-leaved Mint


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image of Mentha ×gracilis, Small-leaved Mint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_meca4_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mentha ×gracilis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha ×gracilis [arvensis × spicata]   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mentha ×gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of New York State (Werier, 2017)
Mentha arvensis × spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Mentha gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mentha ×gracilis

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-002:
Mentha cardiaca   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Mentha gentilis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3327

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, moist soils, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/Lavender ?
Almost radially symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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