Photographs: Glengarriff, Co. Cork

Corn Mint Mentha arvensis Mismín arbhair Family: Lamiaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Mauve/lilac flowers in whorls in leaf axils with protruding stamens and a leafy spike above the flowers at the apex. Calyx has short, blunt teeth. The stalked leaves are rounded-elliptical, more/less hairy with shallow teeth. Spreads by rhizomes. Height 15-40cm Overlaps with Water Mint and Whorled Mint but on drier ground in damp fields, on woodland paths, roadsides and waste and arable ground Similar: Whorled Mint, M. x verticillata. Hybrid, Water Mint x Corn Mint

Corn Mint, Mentha arvensis, Mismín arbhair