EPPO Global Database

Mentha arvensis(MENAR)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MENAR
  • Preferred name: Mentha arvensis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

All Europe, Black Sea, Caucasus, Siberia. If M. canadensis is treated as synonymous (it is often treated as a separate subspecies or species), the range extends to Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia, China, Japan, North America.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Mentha canadensis Linnaeus
Mentha haplocalyx Briquet

Common names
Name Language
corn mint English (GB)
field mint English (US)
Ackerminze German
Acker-Minze German
Feldminze German
Kornminze German
baume des champs French
menthe commune French
menthe des champs French
menthe sauvage French
pouliot-thym French
asanda Spanish
hierbabuena Spanish
hierba buena de burro Spanish
hierbabuena de los campos Spanish
menta Spanish
menta de burro Spanish
menta japonesa Spanish
té del río Spanish
menta campestre Italian
menta dei campi Italian
menta selvatica Italian
mentastro Italian
akkermunt Dutch
pepermunt Dutch
hortelã-brava Portuguese
åkermynta Swedish
hakka Japanese
yôshuhakka Japanese
ハッカ Japanese
ヨウシュハッカ Japanese
мята полевая Russian
ager-mynte Danish
agermynte Danish
åkermynte Norwegian
rantaminttu Finnish
kır nanesi Turkish
mięta polna Polish
mezei menta Hungarian
mendra e fushës Albanian
полска мента Bulgarian
menta arvense Catalan
bò hé Chinese
薄荷 Chinese
poljska metvica Croatian
máta rolní Czech
põldmünt Estonian
μέντα Greek
mismín arbhair Irish
tīruma mētra Latvian
dirvinė mėta Lithuanian
izma cerbului Romanian
пољска метвица Serbian
пољска нана Serbian
mäta roľná Slovak
njivska meta Slovene
м'ята польова Ukrainian
mintys yr yd Welsh