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Mentha spp.

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Mint, Apple mint, Bawles mint, Corn mint, Field mint, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, Red Mint, Scotch spearment, Spearmint


NewCrop offers information from several sources:

Peppermint and Spearmint - Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers 2000

Lowman, M.S. and M. Birdseye. 1946. Savory Herbs: Culture and Use.

Sievers, A.F. 1930. The Herb Hunters Guide.
Peppermint
Spearmint

Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States.

Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium


Outside Links to various Mentha information

Mentha Germplasm resources at the National Germplasm Repository, Corvallis Oregon

Information on Mint Production from Wrigley's Gum

Wm. Leman Company a leading industrial supplier of Natural and Redistilled Peppermint and Spearmint Oils

Rare and Endangered Mentha species from the Threatened Plants Database of the World Conservation Monitoring Fund

Labiatae or Lamiaceae - a taxonomic description of the mint family (from Texas)

Wild mint - Mentha arvensis

Egyptian mint, Mentha niliaca

Peppermint, Mentha x piperita

Corsican mint, Mentha requienii