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Spearmint is the common name of <i>mentha spicata</i>. It is native to Europe and Asia but has been naturalized throughout the older settled parts of the United States.

Spearmint

Spearmint is the common name of mentha spicata. It is native to Europe and Asia but has been naturalized…

"An aromatic plant, <i>Mentha viridis</i>, 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 <i>M. sylvestris</i>. Its properties are those of peppermint, and it yields an oil like that of the latter, but with a more pleasant flavor." &mdash;Whitney, 1889 <p>This illustration shows the flower of the plant.

Spearmint Flower

"An aromatic plant, Mentha viridis, the common garden-mint, or mint proper. It is known chiefly in gardens,…