Common name:
Corn mint
Family:
Scientific name:
Mentha arvensis
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK, except mountainous areas
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Fields, waste ground, rough grassland, woodland
Flowers:
The corolla is pale pink or lilac, with four equally-sized lobes, and four exserted stamens. The calyx is hairy, bell-shaped, lined with short, triangular teeth. Flowers form in dense, compact, spherical clusters at the upper leaf nodes, well separated from adjacent clusters, and not at the top of the stem, which is leafy
Leaves:
Ovate, on short stalks, up to 6 cm long, lined by teeth, hairy on both surfaces
Season:
May to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
