Mentha canadensis
Mentha canadensis L.
- light
- —
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- —
Lamiaceae
Formerly Clinopodium purpureum, Hedeoma purpurea, Mentha borealis, Mentha disperma, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. Siberia to China and Japan, N. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Simplified Chinese
- 野薄荷, 薄荷, 土薄荷
- Chinese
- 薄荷, 水薄荷, 單列萼薄荷
- Japanese
- ハッカ, メグサ, エゾハッカ
- Korean
- 박하, 영생이
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Mentha canadensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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