Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium


  Mentha X villosa Huds. (pro sp.) image
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Family Lamiaceae
Mentha X villosa Huds. (pro sp.)
foxtail mint, hairy mint, woolly mint
Mentha: Latin name for an unfortunate Greek nymph named Mentha who got herself turned into a mint plant, and a genus of culinary herbs named after her, this is one of the oldest plant names still in use
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Status: Introduced - escaped
Plant: perennial forb, aromatic; stems square
Fruit:1-seeded nutlet
Leaf:opposite
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(PARENTS = Mentha spicata L. X M. suaveolens Ehrh.)
Mentha alopecuroides Hull
         
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