OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Mentha canadensis, Canada Mint, Field Mint, Wild Mint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_mear4_001_lvd

        

image of Mentha canadensis, Canada Mint, Field Mint, Wild Mint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mear4_007_lvd

        

image of Mentha canadensis, Canada Mint, Field Mint, Wild Mint

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

 

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928

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native

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
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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