Spearmint Flower

“An aromatic plant, Mentha viridis, the common garden-mint, or mint proper. It is known chiefly in gardens, or as an escape from them, in both hemispheres, and is suspected to be a garden or accidental variety of M. sylvestris. Its properties are those of peppermint, and it yields an oil like that of the latter, but with a more pleasant flavor.” —Whitney, 1889

This illustration shows the flower of the plant.

Keywords

flower, spearmint, m. sylvestris, mentha viridis, mint flower, minty, spearmint flower, spire mint, spiremint

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Flowers and Shrubs: S, Flower Anatomy

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5804

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