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Mentha × villosa Huds.

Common Name: MINT
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 0
Wetness Index: FAC
Physiognomy: Ad P-Forb

This is one of several mints cultivated for its oils and fragrant foliage. It is occasionally established as an escape on shores, along stream banks and roadsides, in fields and disturbed places. First collected in 1964 in Marquette Co.

This sweet-scented intermediate plant is a triploid hybrid of M. spicata × M. suaveolens.

Counties
Alpena
Benzie
Berrien
Kent
Keweenaw
Marquette
Schoolcraft
Washtenaw

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/1571