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Carinthian Mint

Mentha × carinthiaca

Carinthian Mint
Photo: "Gonzalo", CC BY 4.0

Carinthian mint is a perennial hybrid mint (Mentha × carinthiaca) from Europe, a cross between field mint and apple mint. It grows best in a sunny to partly shaded spot with consistently moist soil, as mints spread vigorously.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist and water when the top layer feels dry.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained loam.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -15 °C.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Mentha × carinthiaca (syn. Mentha × schultziana), known as the Austrian or Carinthian mint, is a hybrid mint species within the genus Mentha, native to Europe and locally extinct in the United Kingdom and Belgium.

Other Mentha plants

Mentha alaica · Water mint · Wild mint · Mentha longifolia var. asiatica · Mentha atrolilacina · Australian Mint · American Corn Mint · Water Spearmint · Eau de Cologne mint · Hioi · Dahurian Thyme · Mentha darvasica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentha × carinthiaca 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.

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