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Mentha canadensis

Mentha canadensis L.. Engl.: Japanese mint, American corn mint, Canadian mint, Chinese mint, Chinese peppermint, horsemint, Japanese peppermint. Deu.: Japanische Minze, Chinesische Minze. Suom.: japaninminttu. Bot. syn.: Mentha arvensis L. f. piperascens Malinv. ex Holmes, Mentha arvensis L. ssp. canadensis (L.) H. Hara, Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze, Mentha arvensis L. var. glabrata Fernald, Mentha arvensis L. var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey, Mentha haplocalyx Briq., Mentha pedunculata Hu & Tsai, Mentha sachalinensis (Briq.) Kudo

PD: Herbal syrups.

Posted October 11th, 2006 by Blog - Henriette
Henriette's herbal blog: You can make a lot of syrups with 15-20 people in a teaching kitchen over 2+3 days.

Nettle seed from Finland.

Posted September 22nd, 2006 by Blog - Henriette
Henriette's herbal blog: I was teaching up north this week and found a supplier of nettle seeds.

The peppermints.

Posted August 8th, 2005 by Blog - Henriette
Henriette's herbal blog: Yep, that one is peppermint. This one -- isn't.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 4.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 4. Peppermint and japanese peppermint. True peppermint flowers at the top, Japanese peppermint in the leafnodes. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2005-08-03.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 3.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 3. Flowering plants. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-17.

Photo: Mentha canadensis.

Photo: Mentha canadensis. Flowering tops. This one contains at least twice as much menthol as the strongest peppermint, 'Mitcham'. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 1.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 1. Flowering tops. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 2.

Photo: Mentha canadensis 2. Flowers. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.