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
Genus
Mentha
Family
Lamiaceae
Order
Lamiales
Crop categories
Herbs
Medicinal plants
Essential oils
Temperate crops