Mentha requienii
Corsican mint ( Mentha requienii )
The Corsican mint ( Mentha requienii ), also called Delicate mint, is a plant of the mint family ( Lamiaceae).
Features
The Corsican mint is an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant with a sharp odor that makes lawn and reaches stature heights of 3 to 12 inches in usually low -lying habit. The aboveground plant parts are hairy bald or weak. She trains above ground runners. The spreading stems are ply.
Both leaves and bracts are stalked and have simple leaf blades that are up to 2-7 mm long, round - ovate to elliptic with entire margins and on Spreitenrand and sinuate.
The flowering period extends from June to September. Less than 6 flowers are in Scheinquirlen together. You are singly at nodes. The flowers are fünfzählig. The five sepals are for 1 to 1.5 (rarely to 2.5 ) mm long, top-to bell-shaped calyx with triangular- pfriemlichen calyx lobes fused. The five bright purple petals are fused into a straight corolla tube and a weak double lip crown.
The fruits are decay fruits that split into light brown Klausen with a smooth surface.
Chromosome number
The chromosome number is 2n = 18
Occurrence and risk
The Corsican mint comes in Corsica, Sardinia and the Italian island of Montecristo ago in sparse forests. In Western Europe the species is wild.
The Corsican mint is ( IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources as not threatened (LC - Least Concern ) out.
System
The Corsican Mint in 1833 first described by George Bentham in Labiatarum Genera et Species, Volume 2, page 182. Synonyms for Mentha are requienii Audibertia parviflora ( Req. ) Nyman, Audibertia pusilla Benth., Ment Hella obovata Gand. , Ment Hella requienii ( Benth. ) Pérard, Pulegium parviflorum ( Req. ) Samp. , Thymus corsicus Moris ( a formally invalid name ) thymus parviflorus Req. In other sources is also the kind Mentha insularis Req. performed as a synonym.
Use
The Corsican mint is often used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and alpine houses. It is in culture at least since the 19th century.
Corsican mint is the basis of Crème de Menthe Liqueurs.