Mentha vagans

Grey mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species: M. vagans
Binomial name
Mentha vagans
Boriss.

Mentha vagans is known by the common name of grey mint.[1] It is a mint species within the genus Mentha, native to Central Asia (Xinjiang, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan).[2]

References

  1. Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology. III M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1659.
  2. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 238 灰薄荷 hui bo he Mentha vagans Borissova Bekrjasheva, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komorova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 6: 282. 1954.


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