Common Mint

Mentha arvensis is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of Europe, western and central Asia, the Himalayas, and eastern Siberia, as well as North America. The species has a wide circumboreal distribution and is also reported in several biogeographic regions such as the Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental (Indomalaya), and Palaearctic. Mentha canadensis is sometimes considered part of this species as two varieties: M. arvensis var. glabrata Fernald and M. arvensis var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey.