2846

Forb
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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Invasive?

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

• Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
• Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
• Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009

 

...Moist

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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p220
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p143

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