Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Mentha aquatica var. aquatica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mentha at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha aquatica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mentha aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Mentha aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha aquatica
COMMON NAME:
Water Mint, Lemon Mint
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JK Marlow jkm250812_2109
August Greenville County SC
Furman University, in cultivation
The inflorescence is terminal, with 1-3 closely-spaced rounded clusters of densely-packed flowers, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
JK Marlow jkm250812_2113
August Greenville County SC
Furman University, in cultivation
Pedicels, calyx, and leaves pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
JK Marlow jkm250812_2114
August Greenville County SC
Furman University, in cultivation
Similar to M. arvensis but stem leaves larger and more ovate, and inflorescence is terminal, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Mentha aquatica var. aquatica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mentha aquatica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mentha aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Mentha aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mentha aquatica
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