Spearmint

Mentha spicata

  • Spearmint
  • Spearmint
  • Flower name
    Spearmint
  • Scientific name
    Mentha spicata
  • Aliasオランダハッカ, 阿蘭陀薄荷, ミドリハッカ, Spearmint, Mentha spicata
  • Place of originThe Mediterranean
  • Place of floweringField, Botanical Gardens, Park
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Spearmint

Spearmint, scientific name: Mentha spicata, is a perennial herb of Mentha genus of Lamiaceae family native to the Mediterranean coast. It is a favored is refreshingly sweet and mild aromatic herbs. In early summer give many white flowers in spikes. Leaves are pale green color Wrinkly, and have a serrated margin. Leaves and stems are used in the ingredients of a cake, such as food or herbal tea, gum, herbal bath, dried flowers, etc.

Common name:Spearmint , scientific name: mentha spicata, aka: Holland Mentha arvensis, midrihacka, origin: Mediterranean coast, herb height: 30-60 cm, leaf edge: serrated with, leaf color: green,flower, white, pale pink, flowering July to August.


  • Order
    Lamiales
  • Family
    Lamiaceae
  • Genus
    Mentha
  • Species
    M. spicata
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Lip shaped
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeperennial grass
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height30.0 ~ 60.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.2 ~ 0.3 cm

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