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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (シソ科) > Mentha × piperita
Mentha L. (ハッカ)Koshouhakka (コショウハッカ, 胡椒薄荷), peppermintSeiyouhakka (セイヨウハッカ, 西洋薄荷) Lifeform: perennial forb, with 30-90 cm in height Distribution: native to Europe (exotic to Japan) Habitat: escaped to sunny and mesic grasslands Chromosome number: 2n = 72, 84 or 108 Use: herbal medicine by 1-menthol, etc. Putative hybrid: between M. aquatica × M. spicata |
Figure. The leaves of peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.) cultivars: 1 Almira, 2 Asia, 3 Citaro, 4 Chocolate, 5 Granada, 6 Grapefruit, 7 Multimentha, 8 Swiss (Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz et al. 2017) |
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[1-3] in a small flower garden along a paved road in N11/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 30 2020. Records: in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on November 16 2020.