Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Corn Mint, Mentha arvensis, Mismín arbhair
Photographs: Glengarriff, Co. Cork

Corn Mint
Mentha arvensis
Mismín arbhair
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native.

Mauve/lilac flowers in whorls in leaf axils with protruding stamens and a leafy spike above the flowers at the apex. Calyx has short, blunt teeth. The stalked leaves are rounded-elliptical, more/less hairy with shallow teeth. Spreads by rhizomes. Height 15-40cm

Overlaps with Water Mint and Whorled Mint but on drier ground in damp fields, on woodland paths, roadsides and waste and arable ground

Similar: Whorled Mint, M. x verticillata. Hybrid, Water Mint x Corn Mint

Corn Mint, Mentha arvensis, Mismín arbhair

Corn Mint, Mentha arvensis, Mismín arbhair
Corn Mint, Mentha arvensis, Mismín arbhair

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