Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : mensu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Mentha rotundifolia auct. non (L.) Hudson., Mentha macrostachya Ten. Mentha insularis Peq.
Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: round-leaved mint
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Rundblättrige Minze ; ES : menta ; FR : menthe à feuilles rondes ; IT : menta a foglie rotonde ; PT : mentastro ; EN : round-leaved mint ;
Biological type: Perennial with rhizomes
- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, deeply notched.
- Height: 30-50 cm.
- Stem 4-angled, erect very branched, sparsely hairy, with aerial and underground shoots.
- Leaves opposite, with reticulate veins strongly prominent beneath, sessile, rounded, 30-45 x 20-40 mm,, cut margin, wrinkled above and downy, sometimes glabrous beneath.
- Flowers whitish, dirty-pink, in cylindrical spike. Bracts ovate, acute apex equalling or exceeding the flower. Calyx short, hairy, campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla 4-lobed. -Fruit : achene 4-celled, smooth and ovoid.
- Plant used for disorders of stomach and as antispasmodic. An ornamental variety is cultivated. Plant melliferous.
- Rare in crops, but frequency increasing.
- Biological type: perennial with rhizomes.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
