Flowers; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer
Flowering branch; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1997 Date of entry: 25.08.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Field mint
German: Acker-Minze
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Lamiales (196)
Family: Lamiaceae (97)(family description)
Genus: Mentha (5)
Epithet: arvensis L. (12)
arvensis => growing in fields
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink
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