Wild Mint
Mentha longifolia
About Wild Mint
Wild Mint (Mentha longifolia) is a herb used in the Mediterranean and Appalachian Folk Medicine traditions to help with Digestive Issues, Headache, Nausea, and Respiratory Issues, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Mentha longifolia (horse mint; syn. M. spicata var. longifolia L., M. sylvestris L., M. tomentosa D'Urv, M. incana Willd.) is a species in the genus Mentha (mint) native to Europe excluding Britain and Ireland, western and central Asia (east to Nepal and the far west of China), and northern and southern (but not tropical) Africa. It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant with a peppermint-scented aroma. Like many mints, it has a creeping rhizome, with
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist