Mentha canadensis L.
Detail
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Mentha canadensis L.
- Common Name
- Canada Mint, Wild Mint
- Synonym(s)
- Mentha arvensis L. ssp. canadensis (L.) H. Hara
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Mentha canadensis L.
- Comments
- Flora of the Southeastern U.s. reports the similar Mentha arvensis L. from the Virginia mountains, but whether or not it occurs in the state is uncertain. Apparently most, if not all, of our material is M. canadensis, many herbarium specimens of which have been labelled "Mentha arvensis" due to past lumping under the "arvensis" name.
- Habitat
- Floodplain forests and alluvial swamps, river shore sand and gravel bars, tidal swamps, freshwater tidal marshes, calcareous fens, wet meadows and ditches. Frequent in the mountains, n. Piedmont, and n. Coastal Plain; infrequent or rare elsewhere.
- Native Status
- Native
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