Index / Search / Mentha ×piperita
§1 Plant
Mentha ×piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica × spicata]
vernacular peppermint — species · Lamiaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Mentha
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 537 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 537 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- McHenry 17111
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pulaski 17153
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Currituck 37053
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Madison 37115
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Sampson 37163
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Craig 51045
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Mathews 51115
- Montgomery 51121
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEPI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8707933 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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