Creeping Mint, Native Pennyroyal
Mentha satureoides

Family: Lamiaceae

What it is like

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-30 cm high and spreads 20-60 cm wide. It has an underground rhizome or stem. It forms mats. The stems are square and branched. They can root at the nodes. The leaves are 0.5-4 cm long by 0.2-0.7 cm wide. They are broadest in the middle. They are opposite and have very short stalks. The flowers are small and pinkish white. They occur in clusters of 3-8 in rings in the axils of upper leaves. The fruit are small and rough.

There are 25 Mentha species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It can grow on drier soils in open forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Australia (country/location of origin)

How it is used for food

The leaves can be used for flavouring.

Edible parts

Leaves - tea, flavouring

How it is grown

Plants can be grown from seed, cuttings or division of the clump.

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

See Mentha australis;