Plants › Mint Family
Pepperment
Mentha × piperita
4 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
watermintMentha aquatica
spearmintMentha spicata
corn mintMentha arvensis
Canada mintMentha canadensis
PennyroyalMentha pulegium
Horse MintMentha longifolia
Apple MintMentha suaveolens
Little GlassywingVernia verna
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | Mint Family · Lamiaceae |
| Genus | mints · Mentha |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Pepperment with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.