[The Mint Family in Mt. Adams Country]

American Wild Mint, Canada Mint, Corn Mint, Field Mint, Chinese Mint, Sakhalin Mint, Japanese Mint, and East AsianWild Mint

Mentha canadensis

Synonyms: Mentha arvensis var. canadensis, Mentha arvensis var. glabrata

American Wild Mint, Canada Mint, Corn Mint, Field Mint, Chinese Mint, Sakhalin Mint, Japanese Mint, and East AsianWild Mint: Mentha canadensis (Synonyms: Mentha arvensis var. canadensis, Mentha arvensis var. glabrata)

The photo above shows a close-up of the upper stem leaves and axillary inflorescences of field mint. Photographed along Laurel Road at the western edge of Conboy NWE..........July 2, 2006. Note that the stem is square in cross-section.

Axillary inflorescence of American Wild Mint, Canada Mint, Corn Mint, Field Mint, Chinese Mint, Sakhalin Mint, Japanese Mint, and East AsianWild Mint: Mentha canadensis (Synonyms: Mentha arvensis var. canadensis, Mentha arvensis var. glabrata)

The photograph above shows a close-up of an axillary inflorescence of field mint. Photographed along Laurel Road at the western edge of Conboy NWE.........July 2, 2006.

Stem leaf of American Wild Mint, Canada Mint, Corn Mint, Field Mint, Chinese Mint, Sakhalin Mint, Japanese Mint, and East AsianWild Mint: Mentha canadensis (Synonyms: Mentha arvensis var. canadensis, Mentha arvensis var. glabrata)

The photograph above shows a close-up of a stem leaf of field mint. Note the toothed margins. Photographed along Laurel Road at the western edge of Conboy NWE..........July 2, 2006.
Paul Slichter