Mentha longifolia(L.) Huds.

WFO wfo-0001069664 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mentha longifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-02-09 / obs. 179746054
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Gabriel Mayrhofer
fig. b Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164628310
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. c Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162463351
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Olha Sira
fig. d Olha Sira, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159896853
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. e Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172144263
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. f Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156020753
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Михаил Малышев
fig. g Михаил Малышев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154570926
Mentha longifolia, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. h Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175531756

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Native range 74 botanical countries

Regions where Mentha longifolia is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chad, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Altay, China South-Central, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaCape ProvincesChadEgyptEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoLibyaMoroccoNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTunisiaZimbabweAfghanistanAltayChina South-CentralCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.
Native distribution of Mentha longifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
China South-Central CHC
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Cape Provinces CPP
Chad CHA
Egypt EGY
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Tunisia TUN
Zimbabwe ZIM
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 781 in flower of 980 examined

Peak flowering in Feb. Each bar is the share of Mentha longifolia observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 781 of 980 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 509 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Mentha acroceraia (Topitz) Trautm.
  • Mentha acuminata Topitz
  • Mentha aepycaulos Candargy
  • Mentha aequifrons Trautm. & Urum.
  • Mentha albida Déségl. & T.Durand ex Briq.
  • Mentha albida Rchb. ex Heinr.Braun
  • Mentha alpigena A.Kern.
  • Mentha ambigua Guss.
  • Mentha aquatica var. gracilis Wimm. & Grab.
  • Mentha arvensiaquatica f. asperata Timb.-Lagr.
  • Mentha asiatica Boriss.
  • Mentha asperata (Timb.-Lagr.) Pérard
  • Mentha bacsensis Trautm.
  • Mentha baldensis Heinr.Braun
  • Mentha balsamiflora Heinr.Braun
  • Mentha bezdanensis Prodan
  • Mentha brachyclada Sennen
  • Mentha brassoensis (Topitz) Trautm.
  • Mentha brevidentata Sennen
  • Mentha brevispicata Opiz ex Strail
  • Mentha brittingeri Opiz
  • Mentha caerulescens Opiz ex Strail
  • Mentha calliantha Stapf
  • Mentha candicans Mill.

and 485 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.