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Spearmint

Mentha spicata

Description:

It is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial plant growing 30–100 cm tall, with variably hairless to hairy stems and foliage, and a wide-spreading fleshy underground rhizome. The leaves are 5–9 cm long and 1.5–3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. The stem is square-shaped, a trademark of the mint family of herbs. Spearmint produces flowers in slender spikes, each flower pink or white, 2.5–3 mm long and broad.[2][3] Hybrids involving spearmint include Mentha × piperita (Peppermint; hybrid with Mentha aquatica), Mentha × gracilis (Ginger Mint, syn. M. cardiaca; hybrid with Mentha arvensis), and Mentha × villosa (Large Apple Mint, hybrid with Mentha suaveolens).[2] The name 'spear' mint derives from the pointed leaf tips.[4]

Notes:

Spearmint?

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3 Comments

JimJohnson2
JimJohnson2 10 years ago

I think you are right! Thanks honalee

honalee
honalee 10 years ago

*Mint

honalee
honalee 10 years ago

Looks like a mind

JimJohnson2
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JimJohnson2

Custer City, Pennsylvania, United States

Spotted on Sep 9, 2013
Submitted on Sep 9, 2013

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