Water Mint

Description:

It is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial plant growing to 90 centimetres (35 in) tall. The flowers of the watermint are tiny, densely crowded, purple, tubular, pinkish to lilac in colour; flowering is from mid to late summer. All parts of the plant have a distinctly minty smell.

Habitat:

Water Mint occurs in the shallow margins and channels of streams, rivers, pools, dikes, ditches, canals, wet meadows, marshes and fens. This type of habitat is where we found it: in Sint Jansklooster, Holland.