Field Mint
Mentha arvensis
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

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field mint

mint

mint

plant

leaves are opposite

lestem


stem

 


illustration

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An
 illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 152.

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Located Midway Reservoir



Characteristics
4-sided stem, opposite leaves,  white petaled flowers with lavender pistil and stamen in leaf axils.  Serrated, ovate, fragrant leaves.

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