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Perennial

Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in (GA) (NC) (SC)

Uncommon

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale pink or purplish
Bisexual
Almost radially symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Mentha Xpiperita var. piperita FAMILY Lamiaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha Xpiperita [aquatica X spicata] FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 164-32-007:
Mentha piperita FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America (Kartesz 2010). Biota of N. America (BONAP)
Mentha Xpiperita var. piperita

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Mentha piperita

COMMON NAME:
Peppermint

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mecr6_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_mepi_002_lvd

Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_x_piperita_piperita

July Currituck County NC

Flowers in thick compact spikes. Lvs smooth, lanceolate, w 1/8-1/4" petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.