Overview
![]() Description Synonyms - pineapple mint, woolly mint or round-leafed mint. Perennial plant with wide-spreading rhizomes. Ranges through southern and western Europe and the western Mediterranean region. Paternal parent of spearmint (Mentha spicata) (maternal parent of spearmint is horsemint (Mentha longifolia)) and "grandparent" to peppermint (Mentha x piperita) (peppermint is a sterile hybrid generated from a cross of spearmint and watermint.
Genetics Oil characteristics References: B.M. Lawrence (Ed.) (2006) Mint - The Genus Mentha, CRC Press. Feature Summary
The following features are currently present for this organism
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