Lamiaceae
Mentha

Mentha arvensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 577 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Kamchatka and Nepal. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alberta, Bangladesh, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Colorado, Haiti, Illinois, Labrador, Manitoba, Marianas, Maryland, Mexico Northwest, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Van Heurck, H. & De Beucker, J.I. (1861). Antwerpsche Analytische Flora 1: 1-192. Drukkerij der weduwe Jos. Van Ishoven, Antwerpen.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Charkevicz, S.S. (ed.) (1995). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 7: 1-394. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Zanin, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000735167 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Yii, P.C. [62874] Malaysia K000248504 No
Jun 19, 2007 Vieira, R.F. [2247] Brazil K000479266 Yes
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000929998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Borbás, V. [2171] Hungary K000494755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [538] France K000494760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wedgwood, M.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000929997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lindeberg, C.J. [s.n.] Sweden K000494754 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494753 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H1244] Haiti K005230151 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [538] France K000494761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton, G.B. [804] Mexico K005230188 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000929999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Furse, P. [3594] Türkiye K005093595 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [1116] France K000494762 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000929994 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR269] United Kingdom K001873010 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [7787] Mexico K005230187 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494732 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [125] France K000494764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [125] France K000494757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge, I.C. [D31978] Türkiye K005093594 Yes
Borbás, V. [2174] Hungary K000494756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gaag. H.C. v.d. [117] Indonesia K000855791 No
Webster, A. [1225] United Kingdom K000494726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494721 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [1718] Philippines K000855796 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000930000 Unknown Type Material No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494722 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton, G.B. [4206] Mexico K005230185 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000855790 No
Otanes, F. [18328] Philippines K000855798 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000929996 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494723 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [126] France K000494758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Callay, A. [3676] France K000494763 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [727] France K000494759 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. [7901] Indonesia K000855792 No
s.coll. [3977] Malaysia K000855795 No
Merrill, E.D. [840] Philippines K000855797 No
K:SPC-70000.506 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000929995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494727 Unknown Type Material Yes
Palmer, E. (Dr.) [[1041]] Mexico K005230186 Yes
Bowman, R.P. [81/249/1] United Kingdom Mentha gentilis K001026705 Yes
Schultz, F. [121] Mentha gentilis K000494809 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schultz, F. [121] Mentha gentilis K000494808 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turreff, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom Mentha gentilis K000494806 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wirtgen, P. [122] Germany Mentha gentilis K000494804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wirtgen, P. [122] Germany Mentha gentilis K000494805 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wirtgen, P.W. [581] Germany Mentha gentilis K000494807 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0