Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Mentha canadensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Mentha arvensis var. canadensis
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-001:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
(?)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Mentha gentilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Mint, Field Mint, Wild Mint
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_mear4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mear4_007_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_meca7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Mentha canadensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Mentha arvensis var. canadensis
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-32-001:
Mentha arvensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
(?)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Mentha gentilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha canadensis
928
Forb
Perennial
Native
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare in our area
Look for it in moist soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/Lavender
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!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p090
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p151
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p081
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p143