Mentha longifolia (L.) L., 1759 39% complete

Horse mint

Amoen. Acad., Linnaeus ed. 4: 485 (1759)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Mentha longifolia, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded12 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Amoen. Acad., Linnaeus ed. 4: 485 (1759) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1759 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Horse mint No source recorded
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Observations Macaronesia, Temp. Eurasia to S. Africa No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 65 cm
  • 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 27 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 90, 116, 164, 203, 251, 461, 500, 807, 882, 898, 917
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Maximum height 100 cm
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 90, 116, 164, 203, 251, 461, 500, 807, 882, 898, 917
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug, sep Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 164, 203, 460, 461, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 203
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 68 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record