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Scientific Name:Mentha x piperita
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.
Synonym:Mentha x-piperita


NOTES: Mint family (square stems, opposite leaves, and two-lipped, open-mouthed, tubular flowers).

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Peppermint
Genus species: Mentha × piperita
     Synonym: Mentha x-piperita
Common Name: Peppermint
Family Name: Lamiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, the stems square, and foliage often aromatic; leaves opposite, simple; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, the corolla frequently 2-lipped; fruit splitting into 4 nutlets.
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Pink/Red
White
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:J.D. Mancini

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