7,617
edits
Changes
no edit summary
{{Cleanup|date=July 2007}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Apple Mint
| image = Mentha suaveolens - Hallier.JPG
| image_width = 241px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mentha]]''
| species = '''''M. suaveolens'''''
| binomial = ''Mentha suaveolens''
| binomial_authority = [[Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart|Ehrh.]]
}}
'''Apple mint''' (sometimes called woolly mint) (''Mentha suaveolens''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''M. rotundifolia''; syn. ''Mentha macrostachya'' Ten.; syn. ''Mentha insularis'' Req.<ref>{{cite book |last=Quattrocchi |first=Umberto |authorlink=Umberto Quattrocchi |title=CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology |volume=III M-Q |year=1947- |publisher=CRC Press |pages=1659}}</ref>) is a member of the [[mint]] genus ''Mentha'' that ranges through southern and western [[Europe]] and the western [[Mediterranean region]]. It is a [[herbaceous]], upright [[perennial plant]] that is most commonly grown as a culinary herb and/or ground cover.
It typically grows to 40-100 cm tall and spreads by [[rhizome]]s to form clonal colonies. The foliage is light green, with the sessile [[Leaf|leaves]] being oblong to nearly ovate, 3-5 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. They are somewhat hairy on top and downy underneath with serrated edges.
Apple mint has light purple-pink [[flower]]s; flowering is from mid to late summer.
==Cultivation and Uses==
An attractive herb, Apple mint is often used as an [[ornamental plant]]. It is hardy and easy to grow, preferring full-sun to lightly-shady conditions.
The leaves of this plant can be used to make Apple mint [[jelly]], as well as a flavoring in dishes such as Apple mint [[couscous]]. It is also often used to make a mint tea, as a garnish, or in salads.
Pineapple mint (''Mentha sauveolens'' 'Varigata') is a [[cultivar]] of Apple mint that has leaves which are banded with white. A [[hybrid]] derived from it is [[Grapefruit mint]] (''Mentha suaveolens x piperata'').
==External links and References==
<references/>
* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
*[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/bin/nbntaxa.dll/taxon_details?taxon_key=NBNSYS0000004204 Natural History Museum: ''Mentha sauveolens'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Mentha+suaveolens Plants for a Future: ''Mentha sauveolens'']
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Apple Mint
| image = Mentha suaveolens - Hallier.JPG
| image_width = 241px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mentha]]''
| species = '''''M. suaveolens'''''
| binomial = ''Mentha suaveolens''
| binomial_authority = [[Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart|Ehrh.]]
}}
'''Apple mint''' (sometimes called woolly mint) (''Mentha suaveolens''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''M. rotundifolia''; syn. ''Mentha macrostachya'' Ten.; syn. ''Mentha insularis'' Req.<ref>{{cite book |last=Quattrocchi |first=Umberto |authorlink=Umberto Quattrocchi |title=CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology |volume=III M-Q |year=1947- |publisher=CRC Press |pages=1659}}</ref>) is a member of the [[mint]] genus ''Mentha'' that ranges through southern and western [[Europe]] and the western [[Mediterranean region]]. It is a [[herbaceous]], upright [[perennial plant]] that is most commonly grown as a culinary herb and/or ground cover.
It typically grows to 40-100 cm tall and spreads by [[rhizome]]s to form clonal colonies. The foliage is light green, with the sessile [[Leaf|leaves]] being oblong to nearly ovate, 3-5 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. They are somewhat hairy on top and downy underneath with serrated edges.
Apple mint has light purple-pink [[flower]]s; flowering is from mid to late summer.
==Cultivation and Uses==
An attractive herb, Apple mint is often used as an [[ornamental plant]]. It is hardy and easy to grow, preferring full-sun to lightly-shady conditions.
The leaves of this plant can be used to make Apple mint [[jelly]], as well as a flavoring in dishes such as Apple mint [[couscous]]. It is also often used to make a mint tea, as a garnish, or in salads.
Pineapple mint (''Mentha sauveolens'' 'Varigata') is a [[cultivar]] of Apple mint that has leaves which are banded with white. A [[hybrid]] derived from it is [[Grapefruit mint]] (''Mentha suaveolens x piperata'').
==External links and References==
<references/>
* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
*[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/bin/nbntaxa.dll/taxon_details?taxon_key=NBNSYS0000004204 Natural History Museum: ''Mentha sauveolens'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Mentha+suaveolens Plants for a Future: ''Mentha sauveolens'']
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}