Spear Mint (Mentha spicata) - Detail

Species Detail - Spear Mint (Mentha spicata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The Flora of County Waterford".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Mentha spicata

Common Name Spear Mint

Taxon Version Key NBNSYS0000004203 UnverifiedUnverified

Synonyms Mentha longifolia auct., non (L.) Huds. , Mentha scotica R.A. Graham, Mentha scotica R.A.Graham

Designations N/A

Abbreviation mespi

Authority L.

Group flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 21

Number Of 10Km Squares 14

Number Of 50Km Squares 6

Oldest Record 26/07/1971

Newest Record 18/05/2012

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 18 April (recorded in 1999)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 20 October (recorded in 2001)

Species Profiles

Citation Paul R Green, The Flora of County Waterford, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Spear Mint (Mentha spicata), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/23/Species/29469>

Species Detail - Spear Mint (Mentha spicata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The Flora of County Waterford".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)