Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Peppermint.

Description:
Branches with scattered long hairs especially along the nodes, usually erect and little-branched; leaf blade lanceolate, elliptic, 2.5-8 x 1-2.5 cm, usually at least 3 times longer than broad.

Inflorescence spikelike, rarely broader than 14 mm when flowering and usually 3-6 times longer than broad; calyx lobes with long marginal cilia at least towards the apex; anthers included.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1967) Drawings Brit. Pl. 24:pl. 4; Abrams (1951) Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3:fig. 4457.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic. Flowering time: Dec. — March.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available