Spearmint, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east. It is
Peppermint is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. I
Spearmint
…Mentha spicata hybridizes with other Mentha species, forming hybrids such as: Mentha × piperita (hybrid with Mentha aquatica), black peppermint, hairy peppermint Mentha × gracilis (hybrid with Mentha arvensis), Scotch spearmint…
Pfefferminze natur peppermint
Peppermint flowers
An 1887 illustration from Köhlers; Medicinal Plants
Peppermint throat lozenge, advertised as "prevention better than cure", sold in London in 1877