Irish wildflowers





Apple Mint
Mentha spicata x suaveolens (M. x villosa)
Family: Lamiaceae

Sterile hybrid between Spearmint and Round-leaved Mint
Flowering August - September. Perennial. Introduced. Garden escape.

Spikes of pale pinkish-mauve flowers. Poor seed set. Wrinkled, hairy, oval leaves. Square hairy stems. Very variable. Rhizomatous, spreads vegetatively.

Garden escape or relic of cultivation.

Wrong identification. Photographs are Round-leaved Mint

     
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