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Lamiaceae <Nepetoideae-Menthinae> Mentha X rotundifolia (longifolia x suaveolens)
Mentha X rotundifolia (L.) Huds. (pro sp.)
ALI: EU HAB: H-9?, ::?, E?, 5 ABU: n/a, n/a, 4
This cultivar is occasionally escaped in eastern states. It is a fertile diploid (2n = 24) hybrid of suaveolens and longifolia, and it can be confused with the mostly sterile triploid (2n = 36) hybrid of suaveolens and spicata (= X villosa), which is not known to be naturalized in the state.