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Mentha longifolia (L.) L.

Horsemint (en), Menthe sylvestre (fr), Menthe à longues feuilles (fr), Menthe à feuilles longues (fr), Menthe des bois (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Mentha

Characteristics

Stem stout and erect, to 1 m, finely hairy; lvs sessile or subsessile, lance-oblong, 2–7 cm, 2–3 times as long as wide, with sharp subappressed teeth, broadly acute to rounded at base, thinly hairy on both sides; spikes usually several, 3–10 × 0.5–1 cm, sometimes interrupted at base; cal 1.5–2 mm, hairy throughout, the narrow lobes about as long as wide; 2n=24. Native of Eurasia, escaped from cult. into fields, roadsides, and waste places here and there in our range.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Waste places and damp roadsides.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-8
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses environmental use essential oil food food additive gene source invertebrate food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Antiemetics (shoot), Anti-infective agents, local (aerial part), Antipyretics (aerial part), Headache (aerial part), General tonic for rejuvenation (aerial part), Flatulence (flower), General tonic for rejuvenation (flower), Abdominal pain (leaf), Analgesics (leaf), Antacids (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Antiemetics (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Antitussive agents (leaf), Appetite stimulants (leaf), Arthralgia (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Cholera (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Contusions (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Digestive system diseases (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Ear diseases (leaf), Flatulence (leaf), Headache (leaf), Hematologic diseases (leaf), Hemostasis (leaf), Hypertension (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Liver diseases (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), Pneumonia (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Stomach diseases (leaf), Tooth diseases (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Wound healing (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Coagulants (leaf), Cooling effect on body (leaf), Diarrhea (root), Anti-infective agents, local (shoot), Diarrhea (shoot), Flatulence (shoot), Parasympatholytics (shoot), General tonic for rejuvenation (shoot), Stomach diseases (shoot), Asthma (stem), Flatulence (stem), Parasympatholytics (stem), General tonic for rejuvenation (stem), Antiseptic (unspecified), Apoplexy (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Sclerosis (unspecified), Snuff (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Tea (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Toothwhitener (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Tumor(Breast) (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antiemetics (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Antitussive agents (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Central nervous system depressants (unspecified), Common cold (unspecified), Contraceptive agents (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Digestive system diseases (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Gastrointestinal diseases (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Scorpion stings (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Stroke (unspecified), Wound healing (unspecified), Sleep aids, pharmaceutical (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) 10 - 25
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Mentha longifolia habit picture by Barbora Šašková (cc-by-sa)
Mentha longifolia habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Mentha longifolia habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Mentha longifolia leaf picture by Dany DA CUNHA (cc-by-sa)
Mentha longifolia leaf picture by Dany DA CUNHA (cc-by-sa)
Mentha longifolia leaf picture by Nagyova Viktoria (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Mentha longifolia flower picture by luisolo emilia (cc-by-sa)
Mentha longifolia flower picture by Gianfranco Carignano (cc-by-sa)
Mentha longifolia flower picture by Viktoria Szantai (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Mentha longifolia fruit picture by Kamil Kunert (cc-by-sa)
Mentha longifolia fruit picture by Przemysław Piotrowicz (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Mentha longifolia world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Lesotho, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Singapore, Sweden, eSwatini, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Mentha longifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000240918
COL ID 8WY2G
BDTFX ID 42098
INPN ID 137759
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Mentha longifolia f. planitiensis Mentha candicans f. leptostachya Mentha mollissima f. inclusa Mentha mollissima f. exserta Mentha longifolia f. subacutidentata Mentha longifolia f. prodanii Mentha longifolia f. stenantha Mentha longifolia f. zomborensis Mentha longifolia f. zernestensis Mentha longifolia f. densicapilla Mentha longifolia f. viridescens Mentha mollis f. leptostachya Mentha longifolia f. szolnokensis Mentha incana f. barthiana Mentha mollissima f. plicata Mentha longifolia f. lanyiana Mentha longifolia f. hebosa Mentha longifolia f. veroniciformis Mentha longifolia f. retinervis Mentha brevidentata Mentha caucasica Mentha crispa Mentha cuspidata Mentha minutiflora Mentha mollissima Mentha rotundifolia Mentha tomentosa Mentha divaricata Mentha cretica Mentha leioneura Mentha marisensis Mentha mellifluens Mentha microcephala Mentha rigens Mentha sedunensis Mentha suavis Mentha tenorei Mentha uliginosa Mentha wirzbickiana Mentha pellita Mentha x var. tenorei Mentha longifolia f. trachypriononta Mentha longifolia f. subalpina Mentha longifolia f. villocaulis Mentha longifolia f. angustissima Mentha longifolia f. pahinensis Mentha longifolia f. norica Mentha danubialis Mentha x subsp. dulcissima Mentha x var. sapida Mentha syriaca Mentha longifolia f. irregularis Mentha longifolia f. paucidentata Mentha longifolia f. schneekapellae Mentha longifolia f. oblongolanceolatifolia Mentha longifolia f. reticulatinervosa Mentha longifolia f. virens Mentha longifolia f. pustariensis Mentha longifolia f. angustifolia Mentha candicans f. angustifolia Mentha candicans f. ramosa Mentha x var. crispa Mentha x var. maritima Mentha x var. sapida Mentha x var. hispidula Mentha sylvestris f. minor Mentha longifolia f. heterodons Mentha longifolia f. apentiana Mentha longifolia f. pascua Mentha longifolia f. apoxodonta Mentha longifolia f. angustifrons Mentha longifolia f. nicolaensis Mentha longifolia f. scytina Mentha longifolia f. flanatica Mentha longifolia f. arthrostachya Mentha longifolia f. ochthegena Mentha longifolia f. anisodons Mentha longifolia f. litoralis Mentha longifolia f. magnifrons Mentha longifolia f. acutidens Mentha longifolia f. subnemorosa Mentha albida Mentha aepycaulos Mentha discolor Mentha grisella Mentha mollissima var. bornmuelleri Mentha sylvestris subsp. brevifrons Mentha longifolia subsp. aequifrons Mentha longifolia subsp. balcanica Mentha longifolia var. bojanaensis Mentha longifolia var. brassoensis Mentha longifolia subsp. caucasica Mentha longifolia var. chaunanthera Mentha longifolia var. collivaga Mentha longifolia var. demissa Mentha longifolia var. densicapilla Mentha longifolia var. ensidens Mentha longifolia var. falcatodentata Mentha longifolia var. foroiulensis Mentha longifolia subsp. fuliginosa Mentha longifolia var. glaucostachya Mentha longifolia var. hapalophylla Mentha longifolia var. horridula Mentha longifolia subsp. incisifolia Mentha longifolia var. ischnostachya Mentha longifolia subsp. libidinosa Mentha longifolia var. macedonica Mentha longifolia var. macilenta Mentha longifolia var. mosztongensis Mentha longifolia var. nematostachya Mentha longifolia subsp. ovatifrons Mentha longifolia var. pachylodes Mentha longifolia var. pagana Mentha longifolia var. pantotricha Mentha longifolia var. paramecophyllon Mentha longifolia var. phaeocoma Mentha longifolia var. serrulata Mentha longifolia var. stenanthelmia Mentha longifolia subsp. submissa Mentha longifolia var. szamosiana Mentha longifolia var. taphrophila Mentha longifolia var. ulotricha Mentha longifolia var. vallesiaca Mentha sylvestris var. pallescens Mentha wierzbickiana var. richteri Mentha spicata var. longifolia Mentha wierzbickiana var. stenantha Mentha sylvestris var. microcephala Mentha sylvestris var. microphylla Mentha sylvestris var. mollis Mentha sylvestris var. thaumasia Mentha longifolia var. firmicaulis Mentha sylvestris var. alpigena Mentha sylvestris var. marisensis Mentha sylvestris var. wierzbickiana Mentha longifolia var. oblongifolia Mentha sylvestris var. flaccida Mentha longifolia var. flaccida Mentha monticola var. jurana Mentha longifolia var. jurana Mentha sylvestris var. subintegra Mentha sylvestris var. sordida Mentha longifolia var. subintegra Mentha longifolia var. weinerniana Mentha longifolia var. sordida Mentha longifolia var. favratii Mentha longifolia var. recta Mentha sylvestris var. grandis Mentha longifolia var. grandis Mentha sylvestris var. candicans Mentha sylvestris subsp. mollissima Mentha longifolia var. ligustrina Mentha longifolia var. reflexifolia Mentha longifolia var. ochroleuca Mentha longifolia var. discolor Mentha longifolia var. divaricata Mentha viridis var. minutodonta Mentha longifolia var. capitulata Mentha longifolia var. brevifolia Mentha longifolia var. diabolina Mentha longifolia var. subobtusa Mentha longifolia var. cesarea Mentha longifolia var. mesomorpha Mentha longifolia var. erminea Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia Mentha longifolia subsp. grisella Mentha longifolia subsp. mollissima Mentha viridis subsp. candicans Mentha longifolia subsp. ambigua Mentha viridis var. canescens Mentha longifolia subsp. procera Mentha longifolia subsp. serrulata Mentha longifolia subsp. urumovii Mentha longifolia subsp. bulgarica Mentha longifolia subsp. ferdinandii Mentha longifolia subsp. javorkae Mentha longifolia subsp. bureschiana Mentha reflexifolia var. serrulata Mentha sylvestris subsp. lavandulacea Mentha sylvestris subsp. procurrens Mentha sylvestris subsp. arctifrons Mentha sylvestris subsp. pellita Mentha grisella subsp. caucasica Mentha grisella subsp. minutiflora Mentha grisella subsp. syriaca Mentha longifolia var. splendens Mentha longifolia var. holasia Mentha longifolia var. capitata Mentha longifolia var. laggeri Mentha longifolia var. mollicoma Mentha longifolia var. hugueninii Mentha longifolia var. gibbosidens Mentha longifolia var. eisensteiniana Mentha longifolia var. transmota Mentha longifolia var. ingens Mentha longifolia var. lepidioides Mentha longifolia var. lereschii Mentha longifolia var. major Mentha sylvestris var. major Mentha longifolia var. sedunensis Mentha longifolia var. gulekensis Mentha longifolia var. argenticapilla Mentha longifolia var. delphinensis Mentha longifolia var. sparsiramea Mentha longifolia var. minutiflora Mentha longifolia var. viridescens Mentha longifolia var. syriaca Mentha longifolia var. seriata Mentha longifolia var. subintegrifolia Mentha longifolia var. pellita Mentha longifolia var. wirzbickiana Mentha longifolia var. hollosyana Mentha longifolia var. mollis Mentha longifolia var. subincana Mentha longifolia var. brevifrons Mentha longifolia var. stenostachya Mentha longifolia var. pseudoelongata Mentha longifolia var. lignosa Mentha longifolia var. reciaensis Mentha longifolia var. dejmerii Mentha longifolia var. feleacaensis Mentha longifolia var. subpyramidalis Mentha longifolia var. subpyramidaliformis Mentha longifolia var. polystachya Mentha longifolia var. campylostachya Mentha longifolia var. latibracteata Mentha longifolia var. ramosissima Mentha longifolia var. dobrogensis Mentha longifolia var. cadrilateri Mentha longifolia var. rozaliae Mentha longifolia var. kozorensis Mentha longifolia var. bacsensis Mentha longifolia var. macrophyllos Mentha longifolia var. microverticillata Mentha longifolia var. serbica Mentha longifolia var. leptophylla Mentha longifolia var. campiensis Mentha longifolia var. striata Mentha longifolia var. tenuior Mentha longifolia var. striatula Mentha longifolia var. subamplexicaulifolia Mentha longifolia var. subviridiformis Mentha longifolia var. pseudoulotricha Mentha longifolia var. focsaniensis Mentha longifolia var. romanica Mentha longifolia var. moldovica Mentha longifolia subsp. lavandulacea Mentha longifolia var. lavandulacea Mentha longifolia var. gracilis Mentha sylvestris var. floribunda Mentha aquatica var. gracilis Mentha sylvestris var. compacta Mentha sylvestris var. simplex Mentha sylvestris subsp. tomentosa Mentha longifolia subsp. pellita Mentha longifolia subsp. erminea Mentha longifolia var. caucasica Mentha longifolia subsp. diabolina Mentha longifolia subsp. mollis Mentha longifolia var. incana Mentha longifolia subsp. minutiflora Mentha longifolia subsp. syriaca Mentha sylvestris var. crispa Mentha sylvestris var. angustifolia Mentha longifolia var. candicans Mentha longifolia var. mollissima Mentha longifolia var. microphylla Mentha longifolia var. leptostachya Mentha longifolia var. huteri Mentha longifolia var. montenegrina Mentha longifolia var. szenezyana Mentha longifolia var. cardiophylla Mentha longifolia var. terasia Mentha longifolia var. cardibasea Mentha longifolia var. acroceraia Mentha longifolia var. taurica Mentha longifolia var. vineicola Mentha longifolia var. lonciana Mentha incana var. litoralis Mentha longifolia var. crenigena Mentha longifolia var. leioneura Mentha longifolia var. szabolcsensis Mentha longifolia var. eclytanthea Mentha longifolia var. dripanoidea Mentha longifolia var. subviridis Mentha longifolia var. trachypriononta Mentha longifolia var. stenotricha Mentha mollis var. retinervis Mentha longifolia var. planitiensis Mentha longifolia var. graciliflora Mentha longifolia var. marisensis Mentha longifolia var. barthiana Mentha longifolia var. balsamiflora Mentha sylvestris var. diffusa Mentha sylvestris var. incana Mentha sylvestris var. iberica Mentha sylvestris var. discolor Mentha sylvestris var. lancifolia Mentha longifolia f. niederederi Mentha longifolia f. comata Mentha longifolia f. grinensis Mentha longifolia f. melesensis Mentha longifolia f. rotundibracteata Mentha sylvestris f. pahinensis Mentha longifolia var. acuminata Mentha longifolia var. longifolia Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia Mentha mollis Mentha parviflora Mentha lepidioides Mentha subintegrifolia Mentha longifolia

Lower taxons

Mentha longifolia var. amphilema Mentha longifolia var. asiatica Mentha longifolia subsp. capensis Mentha longifolia var. kotschyana Mentha longifolia subsp. longifolia Mentha longifolia subsp. noeana Mentha longifolia subsp. polyadena Mentha longifolia var. schimperi Mentha longifolia subsp. typhoides Mentha longifolia subsp. wissii Mentha longifolia var. petiolata Mentha longifolia var. austro-afghanica Mentha longifolia var. chlorodictya Mentha longifolia var. kermamensis Mentha longifolia var. muqarrabica
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