Participant Info

Species

Mentha spicata [Mentha crispa] [Mentha crispata] [Mentha viridis]

Family

Lamiaceae

CommonName

spearmint, garden mint

Presence

YES

Status

exotic, adventive

EarliestDate

1930

LatestDate

1993

Ecosystem

basin, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

Garitas, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. For spearmint there are three records, all from the Upper Basin: two in and near the town of Alamosa (1980, 1993), and one from a meadow on La Garita Creek (N of Del Norte). This exotic is now nativized or adventive in all states of the USA except for North Dakota. It has been recorded from the Rio Grande drainage in Doña Ana and Otero counties of New Mexico and Brewster Co of Texas (Big Bend country).

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