| Mentha aquatica | 
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| Plant in flower | 
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| Scientific classification  | 
| Kingdom: | 
Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | 
Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | 
Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | 
Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | 
Asterids | 
 
| Order: | 
Lamiales | 
 
| Family: | 
Lamiaceae | 
 
| Genus: | 
Mentha | 
| Species: | 
M. aquatica  | 
| Binomial name | 
Mentha aquatica
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| Synonyms | 
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- Marrubium aquaticum (L.) Uspensky
 
- Mentha acuta Opiz
 
- Mentha acutata Opiz
 
- Mentha affinis Boreau nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha aromatica Opiz ex Déségl.
 
- Mentha augusta Opiz ex Déségl.
 
- Mentha auneticensis Opiz
 
- Mentha aurita Weihe ex Fresen.
 
- Mentha avellinii Tod. ex Bertol.
 
- Mentha avellinii Tod. ex Lojac.
 
- Mentha brachiata Weihe ex Fresen.
 
- Mentha bugulifolia Weihe ex Fresen.
 
- Mentha calaminthifolia (Vis.) Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha capitata Opiz
 
- Mentha cetica Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha chaixii Strail
 
- Mentha cordata Jan ex Nyman
 
- Mentha crenatodentata Strail
 
- Mentha denticulata Strail
 
- Mentha deseglisei Malinv. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha dubia Chaix ex Vill.
 
- Mentha dunensis Strail
 
- Mentha duriuscula Heinr.Braun & Topitz
 
- Mentha duriuscula (Heinr.Braun & Topitz) Trautm.
 
- Mentha elongata (Pérard) Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha eriantha K.Koch
 
- Mentha glabra Colla nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha glomerata Stokes
 
- Mentha grandidentata Strail
 
- Mentha hirsuta Huds.
 
- Mentha hirta Caldas nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha hybrida Aresch.
 
- Mentha hygrophila Topitz
 
- Mentha hystrix Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha incisoserrata Strail
 
- Mentha intermedia Host nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha × intricata Debeaux
 
- Mentha lateovata Strail
 
- Mentha latifolia Nolte ex Hornem. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha limicola Strail
 
- Mentha limnetes (Topitz) Trautm.
 
- Mentha limosa (Schur) Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha littoralis Strail
 
- Mentha lloydii Boreau
 
- Mentha lobeliana (Becker) Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha macrocephala Strail
 
- Mentha macrophylla Waisb. ex Trautm. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha microcephala Strail
 
- Mentha nederheimensis Strail
 
- Mentha nepetifolia Lej.
 
- Mentha nigrescens Weihe ex Fresen.
 
- Mentha obliqua Raf.
 
- Mentha obtuseserrata Opiz ex Malinv.
 
- Mentha obtusifolia Opiz ex Déségl.
 
- Mentha origanoides Ten.
 
- Mentha origanoides Lej. ex Fingerh. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha ortmanniana Opiz
 
- Mentha paludosa Sole
 
- Mentha palustris Mill.
 
- Mentha pedunculata (Pers.) Poir.
 
- Mentha pireana Strail
 
- Mentha polyanthetica (Topitz) Trautm.
 
- Mentha probabilis Schur
 
- Mentha purpurea Host
 
- Mentha pyrifolia Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha pyrifolia A.Kern. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha ramosissima Strail
 
- Mentha ranina Opiz
 
- Mentha rauscheri Topitz
 
- Mentha riparia Schreb.
 
- Mentha riparia Lej. ex Malinv. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha rudaeana Opiz
 
- Mentha sativa Sm. nom. illeg.
 
- Mentha soleana Strail
 
- Mentha stagnalis Topitz
 
- Mentha stagnalis (Topitz) Trautm.
 
- Mentha stolonifera Opiz
 
- Mentha subspicata Weihe ex Fresen.
 
- Mentha subthermalis Trautm.
 
- Mentha tinantiana Lej. ex Malinv.
 
- Mentha trojana Heinr.Braun
 
- Mentha umbrosa Opiz
 
- Mentha urticifolia Ten.
 
- Mentha viennensis Opiz
 
- Mentha weiheana Opiz
 
- Mentha weissenburgensis F.W.Schultz ex Nyman nom. inval.
  
    
 
    
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Mentha aquatica (water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds.) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.  It grows in moist places and is native to much of Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.