Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Lamiaceae (Nettle family)
Genus: Mentha (Mint)
Mentha pulegium L. - Pennyroyal
Mentha arvensis L. - Corn Mint
Mentha spicata L. - Spear Mint
Mentha longifolia (L.) L. - Horse Mint
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. - Round-Leaved Mint
Mentha aquatica L. - Water Mint
40–100 cm tall. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> whorled, in a spike-like whole-inflorescence, <ba><b>spikes mostly densely flowered, whorls close to each other</b></ba>, <b>stem terminating with an inflorescence</b>, <ba>spikes thin</ba>. <span cla...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, grassland & dwarf shrub heaths, ruderal vegetation
in nutritious, moist to wet, periodically flooded habitats