Mentha x piperita
Peppermint, Lus An Phiobair, Black Peppermint, Curly Mint, Hairy Peppermint, White Peppermint
Description
Aromatic herbaceous perennial plant with an erect habit and determined growth. Widely used in a variety of fields, from agri-food to medicinal and cosmetic, thanks to its typical fresh-tasting, intensely flavoured edible leaves. Flowering occurs during the summer period, showing us flowers grouped in a showy spike-like inflorescence, also appreciable at an ornamental level.
Rustic and easy to grow, it prefers full sun or half shade in fresh, well-draining soil; extremely versatile, it can be grown in pots or in the ground.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Mentha
- Species
- Mentha x piperita
