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Garden Mint - introduced (*Mentha spicata)

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Other names: Spearmint.

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family).

Native of Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Occurrence: A weed of wet areas e.g. along major creeks.

Identification:

This is a familiar garden plant, and is often spread from dumping of garden refuse. It is used as a culinary herb.

Similar species: Pennyroyal is a smaller plant with clusters of mauve to pale lilac flowers. Lemon Mint has lilac to pink flowers, and the leaf-veins are less deeply impressed. Many different varieties of mints are grown in gardens, and some of the wild populations may be hybrids.

All: Spearmint growing as a weed along Barkers Creek, Castlemaine.

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