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Mentha arvensis
Also called Corn mint, Field mint, European Corn Mint, Common Mint, Marsh Mint
Wild mint is a low perennial herb of moist ground, often found along streams, with creeping roots and squarish stems. It is grown for its aromatic leaves and spreads readily, so keep it moist and contained.
Mentha arvensis, the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It has a circumboreal distribution, being native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia, and North America. Mentha canadensis, the related species, is also included in Mentha arvensis by some authors as two varieties, M. arvensis var. glabrata Fernald (North American plants such as American wild mint) and M. arvensis var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey (eastern Asian plants such as Japanese mint).
It grows in moist places, especially along streams.
The leaves have been made into tea to treat colds or aid digestion. They can also be eaten raw.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentha arvensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
