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Mentha x villosa Huds.

Menthe velue (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Mentha

Characteristics

A mint herb which spreads and forms mounds. It grows 0.9 m high and spreads 1.5 m wide. It has creeping rhizomes and runners. The stems can be erect and simple or branched. The leaves are oblong and 5-10 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. They are greyish-green above and white underneath. They have fine hairs on them. The flowers are in large spikes. These are shaped like tubes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.8 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Roadsides and in ditches in the S. and W. of England. Probably a hybrid, Mentha spicata x Mentha suaveolens.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-8.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The leaves are used for flavouring.
Uses essential oil medicinal seasoning tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Leaf

Mentha x villosa leaf picture by Stefan Brandt (cc-by-sa)
Mentha x villosa leaf picture by Damien GUY (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Mentha x villosa flower picture by Andrej Tschuikow (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Mentha x villosa world distribution map, present in France and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:451312-1
WFO ID wfo-0000241572
COL ID 3ZRND
BDTFX ID 42287
INPN ID 108332
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mentha x var. lamarckii Mentha x var. alopecuroides Mentha x var. microdonta Mentha x var. nemorosa Mentha x var. genevensis Mentha x var. cladodes Mentha x villosa f. leptodentata Mentha x villosa f. garrontei Mentha x var. lamarckii Mentha x var. microdonta Mentha x var. dumortieri Mentha x var. dumortieri Mentha x villosa f. hortivaga Mentha x villosa f. gillotii Mentha x var. emarginata Mentha x var. allieriensis Mentha x var. billotiana Mentha x var. soluta Mentha x var. gnaphalophyta Mentha billotiana Mentha x cordifolia Mentha dumortieri Mentha floccida Mentha incanescens Mentha x lamyi Mentha x mosoniensis Mentha niliacea Mentha rhenana Mentha scotica Mentha x timbalii Mentha x villosa Mentha gillotii Mentha emarginata Mentha amaurophylla Mentha dossiniana Mentha genevensis Mentha x gratissima Mentha lamarckii Mentha latifrons Mentha x longistachya Mentha lycopifolia Mentha malyi Mentha morenii Mentha nicholsoniana Mentha pascuicola Mentha pulverulenta Mentha rigoi Mentha similis Mentha speciosa Mentha thurmannii Mentha velutina Mentha veneta Mentha x chlorostachya Mentha x controversa Mentha x var. amaurophylla Mentha x var. morrenii Mentha x var. morrenii Mentha x var. velutinella Mentha x var. incanotomentosa Mentha x var. incanotomentosa Mentha mollissima f. speciosa Mentha x var. speciosa Mentha x var. pulchriceps Mentha x var. similis Mentha x var. cirrita Mentha villosa f. noalhatiana Mentha villosa f. chaunostachya Mentha villosa f. amaurophylla Mentha villosa f. lamyi Mentha x var. elencta Mentha x var. hortivaga Mentha x var. lithuanica Mentha x subsp. artiglandulosa Mentha x var. auryensis Mentha x var. latiforns Mentha x chloreilema Mentha x subsp. timbalii Mentha x subsp. timbalii Mentha x subsp. velutina Mentha x var. velutina Mentha x var. genevensis Mentha x var. nemorosa Mentha x var. moniliformis Mentha x var. notarisii Mentha x var. promecophylla Mentha x var. discincta Mentha x var. similis Mentha x var. calabrica Mentha x var. semeiodes Mentha x var. heterochroma Mentha x var. viridiatra Mentha x var. marginalis Mentha x var. salicetorum Mentha x var. serrigera Mentha x var. nicholsoniana Mentha viridis f. cordifolia Mentha x var. lamarckii Mentha x var. microdonta Mentha x var. gratissima Mentha x var. lycopifolia Mentha x var. gillotii Mentha nemorosa Mentha alopecuroides Mentha benthamiana Mentha lamarckii var. hortivaga Mentha lamarckii var. lithuanica Mentha niliaca var. webberi Mentha suaveolens var. posoniensis Mentha rotundifolia subsp. alopecuroides Mentha rotundifolia var. webberi Mentha villosa var. nicholsoniana Mentha sylvestris var. nemorosa Mentha sylvestris subsp. velutina Mentha viridis subsp. nouletiana Mentha viridis var. cordifolia Mentha sylvestris var. origanoides Mentha sylvestris subsp. chloreilema Mentha longifolia var. mosoniensis Mentha longifolia var. dumortieri Mentha sylvestris subsp. dumortieri Mentha sylvestris subsp. nemorosa Mentha sylvestris var. longifolia Mentha sylvestris var. virescens Mentha longifolia subsp. dumortieri Mentha sylvestris var. alopecuroides Mentha niliaca var. alopecuroides Mentha longifolia var. cordifolia Mentha viridis var. rugosa Mentha spicata var. scotica Mentha villosa var. cordifolia Mentha sylvestris var. gratissima Mentha x var. dossiniana Mentha x var. recondita Mentha x var. albovelutina Mentha villosa f. pascuicola Mentha x var. rugosa Mentha x var. genevensis Mentha bolzanensis Mentha moesiaca Mentha rotundifolia subsp. velutina Mentha spicata var. cordifolia Mentha rotundifolia var. velutina
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