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Mentha longifolia

Mentha longifolia subsp.capensis
Common names: wild mint (Eng.); kruisement, balderjan, ballerja (Afr.); koena-ya-thaba, bohatsu (Southern Sotho); inixina, inzinziniba (Xhosa); ufuthana lomhlanga (
Family: Lamiaceae

... NBG Liesl van der Walt Kirstenbosch January 2004 Mentha longifolia or wild mint is a fast-growing, perennial ... from light and dark green to grey. The small flowers of Mentha longifolia are crowded into spikes at the tip of the ... April). Two mint species are indigenous to South Africa, Mentha longifolia and M. aquatica (wild water mint). Both are ...

26 / 01 / 2004 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Mentha aquatica

Mentha aquatica by Olexandr Ghryb
Common names: water mint, wild mint, wild thyme, marsh mint, aromatic thyme (Eng); waterment, kruisement, kruistement (Afr), amabunu, imbozisa, umaliwane, umayime,
Family: Lamiaceae

... and for allowing the use their pictures on iNaturalist. Mentha aquatica is a perennial evergreen aromatic herb, with ... summer, from October-April. No seeds or fruits were seen. Mentha aquatica has a worldwide distribution. It originally ... that it is also visited by flies, but they visit too. Mentha Mentha aquatica is easy to grow and can be propagated ...

13 / 02 / 2023 | Swinky Nkosi | National Herbarium Pretoria
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