Mentha longifolia (L.) L.

Aromatic , perennial herb ; up to 50 m tall , with musty scent , and spreading rhizomes . Stems erect , branched , quadrangular , white- or grey-villous . Leaves opposite , sessile or with short petioles , 4-11 x 1-4 cm , lanceolate or oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic , base truncate or rounded , apex acute , margins irregularly serrate , smooth or slightly rugose especially near base , green , ± above , villous beneath , with scattered sessile glands , veins conspicuous beneath ; petiole 0-1 . 5 mm . Inflorescences of terminal branched spikes , verticils congested ; bracteoles narrowly linear-elliptic . Flowers bisexual and female , pedicellate , lilac , purplish , or white ; calyx 2-3 mm , camanulate , pubescent and with sessile glands ; lobes ± 1 mm , subequal subulate , acute ; corolla pale purple or white , 4-lobed , lobes spreading , subequal ; upper lobe shallowly 2-lobed ; corolla tube ± cylindrical , usually included within calyx ; stamens exserted , or included in functionally female plants . Fruit nutlets dark brown , sparsely hairy in upper half . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .

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Least Concern - Global Assessment

Not Common

Mentha spicata var. longifolia L.
Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia (L.) Tacik