Blooms: July-September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California, east across Canada and most of the United States.
Habitat: Common in lake and pond shore margins, riparian and wetland areas at low elevations.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California, east across Canada and most of the United States.
Habitat: Common in lake and pond shore margins, riparian and wetland areas at low elevations.
Species Description:
General: Aromatic, perennial herbs from creeping rhizomes, the square stems ascending to erect, pubescent, 2-8 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, all cauline, short-petiolate, glabrous or hairy, 2-8 cm. long and 6-40 mm. wide, serrate, acuminate, narrowly ovate to rhombic-elliptic, with several pairs of lateral veins.
Flowers: Flowers in compact verticels in the axils of the upper leaves, the verticels well separated; calyx pubescent, 2.5-3 mm. long, regular, 5-lobed, 10-nerved; corolla nearly regular, four-lobed, with a short tube, white to lavender or pink, 4-7 mm. long; stamens 4, equal, exerted; style 2-parted; ovary 2-celled, superior.
Fruits: Nutlets 4
General: Aromatic, perennial herbs from creeping rhizomes, the square stems ascending to erect, pubescent, 2-8 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, all cauline, short-petiolate, glabrous or hairy, 2-8 cm. long and 6-40 mm. wide, serrate, acuminate, narrowly ovate to rhombic-elliptic, with several pairs of lateral veins.
Flowers: Flowers in compact verticels in the axils of the upper leaves, the verticels well separated; calyx pubescent, 2.5-3 mm. long, regular, 5-lobed, 10-nerved; corolla nearly regular, four-lobed, with a short tube, white to lavender or pink, 4-7 mm. long; stamens 4, equal, exerted; style 2-parted; ovary 2-celled, superior.
Fruits: Nutlets 4
Accepted Name:
Mentha arvensis L.Synonyms:
Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze
Mentha arvensis L. var. glabrata (Benth.) Fern.
Mentha canadensis L.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Mentha arvensis var. glabrata
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Mentha arvensis specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Mentha arvensis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Mentha arvensis treatment.
E-Flora BC: Mentha arvensis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Mentha arvensis images.
USDA Plants Database: Mentha arvensis.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Jim Riley
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2006
Rod Gilbert, 2006
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