Mentha arvensis - Calflora

Mentha arvensis L.

American wild mint, Field mint, Marsh mint, Wild mint

2003 Steve Matson

2014 Steve Matson

2020 Heather Nordstrom

2025 R.A. Chasey

Mentha arvensis is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


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Genus:	Mentha
Family:	Lamiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Mentha arvensis ssp. borealis
PLANTS	Mentha arvensis ssp. haplocalyx
PLANTS	Mentha arvensis ssp. parietariifolia
PLANTS	Mentha arvensis var. canadensis
PLANTS	Mentha arvensis var. glabrata
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Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)	CalPhotos iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape BONAP (Distribution Map)
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