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spear Mint

Mentha spicata syn. M. cordifolia

Description:

Transplant from a co workers garden...was told it was cat mint but thanks to the help of a fellow user I have been shown the identification error.

Habitat:

Growing in my rock garden...watering daily

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3 Comments

Lyndihrdmn
Lyndihrdmn 11 years ago

Upon a further google search I see what I have is definitely not cat mint any suggestion of what type of mint it may be?

Lyndihrdmn
Lyndihrdmn 11 years ago

Cat mint and catnip are two different plants in the same family from what I understood

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

This does not look like Catnip aka cat mint.
This is from the actual mint family though.

Lyndihrdmn
Spotted by
Lyndihrdmn

Ohio, USA

Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on May 27, 2012

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