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Keys
  • Vascular plant groups
  • Club mosses
  • Ferns
  • Vegetative key to families
  • Gymnosperms
  • Flowering plants
  • Genera
  • Families
Vascular plants

Magnoliophyta

Magnoliopsida

Lamiaceae

Mentha

  • Mentha pulegium
  • Mentha laxiflora
  • Mentha satureioides
  • Mentha diemenica
  • m. M. piperitacitrata
  • m. piperitapiperita
  • m. spicata

Mentha L.

10 species in Aust.; (4 endemic, 6 naturalized); all states and territories

Strongly scented herbs. Flowers small, in verticillate cymes. Calyx 5-toothed, regular, striate. Corolla white, lilac or pink; the tube not longer than the calyx; lobes almost equal, shorter than the tube. Stamens 4, equal, erect. Articles smooth.