Details for: NA 87386, Mentha ×villosa Huds., NA 87386

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha ×villosa Huds.

Top Name:

NA 87386

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

25 Mar 2023

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha ×villosa Huds.

Top Name:

NA 87386

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

25 Mar 2023

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

NA 87386

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Received as Mentha suaveolens. The name on the original nursery tag was simply "Mentha suaveolens," was transmitted for accessioning as M. suaveolens 'Redstem Applemint', and as a result was corrected to M. x gracilis 'Madalene Hill' (of which "red-stemmed applemint" is an older, incorrect name.) The plant has now been identified as M. x villosa based on its spearmint scent, robust growth, and large leaves; all parts are hairy. M. x villosa is frequently confused with M. suaveolens (see Tucker and DeBaggio 2006. The Big Book of Herbs.) -SBL

Mentha ×villosa Huds.

Genus:

Mentha

Section:

Mentha

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Mentheae

Subtribe:

Menthinae

Nomen number:

313220

Place of publication:

Fl. angl. ed. 2, 1:250. 1778

Verified:

12/02/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Mentha ×villosa Huds. nothovar. alopecuroides (Hull) Briq. (11 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Mentha ×villosa Huds. var. villosa

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mentha nemorosa Willd.

Invalid Designation(s)
Mentha niliaca auct. nonn.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	apple mint		1	Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
English	Bowles mint	as Mentha ×villosa nothomorph alopecuroides (Hull) Briq.	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	mojito mint		1	Webster's online dictionary (on-line resource).
German	Apfel-Minze	as Mentha ×villosa nothomorph alopecuroides (Hull) Briq.	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	breitblättrige Minze	as Mentha ×villosa nothomorph alopecuroides (Hull) Briq.	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	Hain-Minze		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1554.
German	zottige Minze	as Mentha ×villosa nothomorph alopecuroides (Hull) Briq.	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	herba buena		2	Webster's online dictionary (on-line resource).
Swedish	hjärtmynta		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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