Mentha longifolia

Ross mint ( Mentha longifolia)

The Ross mint ( Mentha longifolia) from the kind of mint (Mentha ) belongs to the mint family ( Lamiaceae).

Features

It is a fast growing, perennial herb with a strong flavor. The plants typically reach heights of growth of about fifty centimeters, but can be significantly greater under favorable circumstances, to well over a meter. The best way to recognize the Rossminze to their elongated oval and short but shaggy hairy leaves. The leaves are between four and nine centimeters long and between one and two centimeters. Just like the stems are short and soft, white, gray or grünzottig. On the edge of the leaves, with forwardly directed teeth, serrated. The leaves sit or have only a very short petiole.

The flowers are pink, in some cases, off-white or mauve. At the height of the inflorescence, the stems branched panicle. Then sit the multi-flowered Scheinquirlen At the Rispenästen and form dense pseudo-spikes. The flowering period is from July to September.

The Rossminze is non-toxic and edible, their taste is understood, however unpleasant.

Occurrence

The Rossminze requires wet, nitrogen- rich soil. Therefore grows like near rivers or in wet depressions, like near settlements or agricultural land. Due to their underground root suckers they can form mass quantities under favorable circumstances.

It occurs in Europe, small and Central Asia, and Africa. In central Europe especially are often found in the low mountain ranges or the lower elevations of the Alps.

System

The Rossminze was published in 1762 by William Hudson in Flora Anglica, page 221. Mentha longifolia Huds A synonym for. is Mentha sylvestris L..

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