Details for: PI 637833, Mentha spicata L., 'Kentucky Colonel'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Mentha spicata L.
Cultivar:
'Kentucky Colonel'
Origin:
Donated – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
10 Jun 2002
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Mentha spicata L.
Cultivar:
'Kentucky Colonel'
Origin:
Donated – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
10 Jun 2002
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Donated
10 June 2002.
Oregon, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Kentucky Colonel'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: MENTHA
mint species, cultivars and selections

CMEN 698
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

PMEN 698
Type: Inventory

Narrative
Kentucky Colonel (Mentha spicata) Large, dark green, slightly crinkly leaves. Our all-around favorite for Mint Juleps or iced tea. Kentucky Colonel is a reliably hardy, strongly flavored spearmint that is favored by many Low country growers. From http://www.petesherbs.com/Mint.htm (ca. 2003) - Regarding mints in the caribbean: 'I have not found this in the Caribbean. What I have found is the spearmint-scented, rugose leaved form of M. spicata L. This passes in the commerial herb trade as M. cordifolia (misapplied name) or Kentucky Colonel. It is present wherever the Conquistadores had influence, from the Caribbean to Lake Atitlon, Guatemala to New Mexico to the Philippines. The mojito is the Cuban version of the American mint julep (or vice versa), ...this mint, and is the very same one that is ... used in the mint julep in the South.' - email comments by A. Tucker, 21 March, 2003.
Mentha spicata L.
Genus:
Mentha
Section:
Mentha
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Subtribe:
Menthinae
Nomen number:

24082
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:576. 1753
Comment:
probably originated from allopolyploidy
Verified:
09/20/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Mentha spicata L. subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet (2 active accession[s])
Mentha spicata L. subsp. spicata (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishspearmint  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)spear mint Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 216.
Frenchmenthe verte  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)menthe à épis Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 216.
Germangrüne Minze  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKrauseminze  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesehortelã-comum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)hortelã-preta  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)hortelã-verde  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishmenta romana  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishyerbabuena  2Esquivel, M. et al. 1992. 14. Inventory of the cultivated plants. In: Hammer, K. et al., eds., "...y tienen faxones y fabas muy diversos de los nuestros..." Origin, evolution and diversity of Cuban plant genetic resources. 2 vols 324.
Swedishgrönmynta  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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