| Accepted name: |
Mentha arvensis L. ssp. borealis (Michaux) Roy Taylor & MacBryde |
| Synonym(s): |
-Mentha arvensis auct. non L.
-Mentha arvensis var. villosa (Benth.) S.R. Stewart
-Mentha arvensis var. sativa auct. non Benth.
-Mentha arvensis var. lanata Piper
-Mentha arvensis ssp. haplocalyx Briq.
-Mentha arvensis var. glabrata (Benth.) Fern.
-Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze
-Mentha canadensis L.
-Mentha borealis Michx.
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| English names: |
Canada Mint
Canada Mint
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| French names: |
Menthe des champs
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMENARB
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Mostly four subspecies are accepted, from which only one is cultivated.(1)(*3) American Indians used leaf tea for COLDS, FEVERS, SORE THROATS, GAS, COLIC, INDIGESTION, HEADACHES, DIARRHEA, in short, same medicinal uses as for Peppermint and Spearmint in Western folk medicine. (*4) 1475 |
| Key Characters: |
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