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Mentha longifolia
About
Mentha longifolia (horse mint; syn. M. spicata var. longifolia L., M. sylvestris L., M. tomentosa D'Urv, M. incana Willd.) is a species in the genus Mentha (mint) native to Europe excluding Britain and Ireland, western and central Asia (east to Nepal and the far west of China), and northern and southern (but not tropical) Africa. It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant with a peppermint-scented aroma. Like many mints, it has a creeping rhizome, with
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Mentha longifolia
- Slug
- mentha-longifolia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Mentha
- Species
- longifolia
- Wikidata QID
- Q161924
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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