PLANTS Profile for Mentha suaveolens (apple mint)

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PLANTS Profile

Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
apple mint

Symbol:

MESU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Mentha rotundifolia

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Germany. Usage Requirements.

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Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

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Synonyms:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

MERO

Mentha rotundifolia auct. non (L.) Huds.

Distribution:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, WA)

Related Taxa:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 13 species in Mentha

Classification:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Mentha L. – mint
Species	Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. – apple mint

Introduced Information:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

Mentha rotundifolia:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503753.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 05:33 PM MDT