Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Water Mint, Mentha aquatica, Mismín mionsach
Photographs: The Gearagh, Co.Cork

Water Mint
Mentha aquatica
Mismín mionsach
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: July-October. Perennial. Native.

Rounded terminal pinky-mauve flower heads with additional whorls of flowers lower down stems. Calyx-teeth pointed, slender. Stalked leaves opposite, oval and coarse-toothed. Mint-scented. Stems often reddish.

Grows on permanently wet ground in and beside streams, ponds, marshes and other wet areas. Can be terrestrial or more/less submerged.

Similar: Whorled Mint, Mentha x verticillata is the hybrid between Water Mint and Corn Mint but grows on drier ground.

Water Mint, Mentha aquatica, Mismín mionsach

Water Mint, Mentha aquatica, Mismín mionsach
Water Mint, Mentha aquatica, Mismín mionsach

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