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Mentha longifolia

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Mentha longifolia

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Mentha longifolia, commonly known as Horse Mint, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It belongs to the genus Mentha and is classified within the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species has been assessed by the IUCN Red List as Least Concern since 2014.

Its native range includes Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Region. The plant is also found in the Canary Islands, Europe, the Mediterranean region, southwest Asia, and tropical east and south Africa. It has been introduced to several other locations, including Guinea, Illinois, Madeira, Maryland, New York, Oman, Sakhalin, and Vermont.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Encyclopedia of Life, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Horse Mint

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Russia
Observations12,778
Observations recorded148,932

Canary Islands, Europe, Mediterranean region, southwest Asia, tropical east and south Africa.

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,245
With media
1,803
Family
Lamiaceae
Collections
CM, MICH, DBG, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, SBBG, MSC
Recorded in
United States, India, Switzerland, Pakistan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mentha
Image
Mentha longifolia - Museo Tazzetti Herbarium 241-2024.tif
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species
taxon name
Mentha longifolia
Commons category
Mentha longifolia
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons gallery
Mentha longifolia
taxon common name
欧薄荷
short name
M. longifolia
taxon author citation
L. L.
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Encyclopedic overview

Mentha longifolia, also known as horse mint, brookmint, fillymint or St. John's horsemint, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe excluding Britain and Ireland, western and central Asia (east to Nepal and far western China), and northern and southern (but not tropical) Africa.

Description

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