Mint (metha x piperita)
•Mentha australis – Australian mint •Mentha sachalinensis – garden mint
•Mentha canadensis – American wild •Mentha satureioides – native
mint pennyroyal
•Mentha cervina – Hart's pennyroyal •Mentha spicata (syn. M. viridis, M.
•Mentha citrata – bergamot mint, cordifolia) – spearmint, curly mint (a
orange mint cultivar of spearmint)
•Mentha crispata – wrinkled-leaf mint •Mentha suaveolens – apple mint,
•Mentha dahurica – Dahurian thyme pineapple mint (a variegated cultivar
•Mentha diemenica – slender mint of apple mint)
•Mentha vagans – gray mint
Cultivation
• The most common and popular mints for
commercial cultivation are peppermint
(Mentha × piperita), native spearmint
(Mentha spicata), Scotch spearmint