Mentha longifolia [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Mentha silvestris
Mentha salicina
Mentha longifolia
Mentha lavandulacea
Mentha capensis
Mentha sylvestris
Mentha stenostachya
Mentha barthiana
Mentha spicata
Mentha nigrescens
Common name
horsemint; English horsemint., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for MENTHA longifolia Huds. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 226, (1912) Author: By N. E. BROWN, T. COOKE and S. A. SKAN.
Names
MENTHA longifoliaHuds. [family LABIATAE], Fl. Angl. ed. i. 1762, 221
MENTHA sylvestrisLinn. [family LABIATAE], Sp. Pl. ed. ii. (1763) 804.
Information
leaves sessile (except in var. salicina of subsp. capensis); and as well as the base of the calyx and pedicels hairy. null
Notes
A very polymorphic plant of which Briquet makes no less than 160 varieties in 21 sub-species.The name longifolia, Huds., is prior to that of sylvestris, Linn., and has been adopted by Briquet.
