Peppermint is a hybrid mint. It is a cross between the watermint (Mentha aquatica) and the spearmint (Mentha spicata).
Names
Scientific
Mentha x piperita
English
Peppermint
Dutch
Pepermunt
Spanish
Menta piperina
Piperita
Toronjil de menta
French
Menthe poivrée
German
Pfefferminze
Italian
Menta piperita
Taxonomy
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Species
Mentha x piperita (Peppermint)
Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Essential oils
Herbs
Medicinal plants
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Temperate crops