An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Fish 7. Mentha aquatica L. Water ]\Iint. Mint. Fig. aquatica L. Sp. PI. 576. 1753. Perennial by suckers, hirsute or pubescent, rarelyglabrate; stem stout, erect, leafy, usually branched,i2°-22° high, its hairs reflexed. Leaves broadlyovate, petioled, acute, subacute or the lower obtuseat the apex, rounded, subcordate or rarely narrowedat the base, sharply serrate,
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Fish 7. Mentha aquatica L. Water ]\Iint. Mint. Fig. aquatica L. Sp. PI. 576. 1753. Perennial by suckers, hirsute or pubescent, rarelyglabrate; stem stout, erect, leafy, usually branched,i2°-22° high, its hairs reflexed. Leaves broadlyovate, petioled, acute, subacute or the lower obtuseat the apex, rounded, subcordate or rarely narrowedat the base, sharply serrate, the larger iV-i longand nearl} as wide; whorls of flowers in terminaldense short thick rounded spikes, and usually alsoin the upper axils; spikes seldom more than i longin fruit; bracts lanceolate, shorter than the flowers;calyx hirsute, its teeth lanceolate-subulate or tri-angular-lanceolate, one-third to one-half as long asthe nearly cylindric tube; corolla sparingly pubescent. In wet places. Nova Scotia to Pennsylvania andGeorgia. Naturalized from Europe. 8. Mentha crispa L. Crisped-leaved,Curled or Cross Mint. Fig. 3687. Mentha crispa L. Sp. PI. 576. 1753. Mentha aquatica var. crispa Benth. Lab. G
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