Mentha ×piperita

Classification	Dicots
Family	Lamiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Mentha
Species:	Mentha ×piperita
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
C value
Status
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Mentha ×piperita L. var. piperita

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Mentha aquatica var. citrata	Mentha aquatica var. citrata
Mentha citrata	Mentha x citrata
Mentha glabrata	Mentha glabrata
Mentha piperita	Mentha × piperita L.
Mentha piperita	Mentha piperita L., pro spec. & Hylander
Mentha piperita	Mentha x piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica × spicata]
Mentha piperita var. citrata	Mentha piperita var. citrata
Mentha piperita var. piperita	Mentha x piperita var. piperita L.
Mentha piperita var. piperita	Mentha piperita var. piperita

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Franklin (KY), Jackson (KY), Madison (KY), Mercer (KY), Pike (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Shelby (KY), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Putnam (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
BEREA015790	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015792	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015791	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015796	Shelby	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015797	Putnam	Tennessee			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015787	Jackson	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015788	Jackson	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015789	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015793	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015795	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
BEREA015794	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita
31234100510237	Mercer	Kentucky	03 Aug 1991	David D. Taylor 16090	EKY Mentha x piperita
31234100510047	Clinton	Kentucky	31 Jul 1999	Mark A. Gorton 99-664	EKY Mentha x piperita
31234100510443	Madison	Kentucky	06 Sep 1993	Gary W. Libby, Randy L. Mears OB-24	EKY Mentha x piperita
31234100510054	Clinton	Kentucky	23 Jul 2000	Mark A. Gorton 00-539	EKY Mentha x piperita
31234100744091	Franklin	Kentucky		Donald K. Walker 572	EKY Mentha x piperita
BRIT127229	Giles	Tennessee	13 Aug 2000	Dwayne Estes 1136	VDB Mentha x piperita
UOS03503	Franklin	Tennessee	02 Aug 2012	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Mentha x piperita
31234100510260	Pike	Kentucky	13 Aug 1964	Elizabeth M. Browne 9198	EKY Mentha x piperita
BEREA015786	Clark	Kentucky			BEREA Mentha x piperita

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