Photo: Mentha longifolia 1.

Photo: Mentha longifolia 1.

Flowering tops. This one has a very nice taste, and it comes true to seed, too. In addition it's very pretty, in large stands, and is a major butterfly attractor. Marketan puisto, Espoo, Finland. Planted. 1999-08-23.


Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson
Engl.: silver mint, biblical mint, horsemint, wild mint.
Deu.: Ross-Minze, Silberminze.
Suom.: harmaaminttu.
Sven.: gråmynta.
Bot. syn.: Mentha sylvestris L.