Lamiaceae
Mentha

Mentha × gracilis Sole

First published in Menth. Brit.: 37 (1798)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is W. Europe to Italy. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. The hybrid formula is M. arvensis × M. spicata.

Distribution

Native to:

Corse, France, Italy

Extinct in:

Belgium

Introduced into:

Alberta, Arkansas, Austria, British Columbia, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Mentha × gentilis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/kozhin-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-128-3-2023.32-36.pdf. epublication.
  • Sheremetova, S.A., Ebel, A.L. & Buko, T.E. (2011). Supplement to the flora of Kemerovo region since 2001 till 2010. Turczaninowia 14(1): 65-74.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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

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