PLANTS Profile for Mentha spicata (spearmint)

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PLANTS Profile

Mentha spicata L.
spearmint

Symbol:

MESP3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Mentha longifolia

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

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Mentha spicata L.

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Synonyms:
Mentha spicata L.

MECO7	Mentha cordifolia auct.
MELO8	Mentha longifolia auct. non (L.) Huds.
MELOM2	Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. mollissima (Borkh.) Rouy
MELOU2	Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. undulata (Willd.) Fiori
MESPL	Mentha spicata L. var. longifolia L.
MESPS3	Mentha spicata L. var. spicata	spearmint
MESY	Mentha sylvestris L.
MEVI7	Mentha viridis L.

Distribution:
Mentha spicata L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Mentha spicata L.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 13 species in Mentha

Classification:
Mentha spicata L.

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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 spicata L. – spearmint

U.S. Weed Information:
Mentha spicata L.

spearmint

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Mentha spicata L.

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 spicata L.

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FACW,OBL

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OBL

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Mentha spicata L.

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 32272.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 12:12 PM MDT