Common Name: SPEARMINT
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: -3
Wetness Index: FACW
Physiognomy: Ad P-Forb
This familiar species is presumably Eurasian in origin and has escaped to roadsides, banks, shores, thickets, fields, and disturbed ground; in moist or dry sites, but only occasionally along streams. First collected in 1860 in Washtenaw Co.
This may have arisen long ago in cultivation as an allotetraploid derived from M. × rotundifolia and selected for glabrousness.
R. W. Smith
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| Alcona |
| Allegan |
| Alpena |
| Baraga |
| Barry |
| Bay |
| Berrien |
| Cass |
| Cheboygan |
| Chippewa |
| Emmet |
| Grand Traverse |
| Gratiot |
| Houghton |
| Ingham |
| Ionia |
| Jackson |
| Kalamazoo |
| Kent |
| Lenawee |
| Macomb |
| Monroe |
| Muskegon |
| Newaygo |
| Oceana |
| Ogemaw |
| Osceola |
| Oscoda |
| St. Clair |
| Van Buren |
| Washtenaw |
| Wayne |
Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1568