Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mentha canadensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mentha arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Mentha arvensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-001:
Mentha arvensis FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Mentha arvensis var. villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Mint, Field Mint, Wild Mint
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_mear4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mear4_007_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_meca7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mentha canadensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mentha arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Mentha arvensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-001:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Mentha arvensis var. villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha canadensis
928
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p090
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p081
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p143
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