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PaulM

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Mentha sp ?
« on: July 14, 2010, 10:32:53 PM »
I collected seeds of this plant in Uzbekistan in 2005, and it has a minty smell. Do you think it could be a Menta sp ?

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arisaema

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Re: Mentha sp ?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2010, 10:59:19 PM »
Ziziphora bungeana?
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Lesley Cox

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Re: Mentha sp ?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2010, 12:04:26 AM »
A quick Google mentions ziziphora clinopodioides as "Blue Mint," attractive to bees and butterflies, I had Z. bungeana at one time but it died before it flowered. This looks like it though.
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Re: Mentha sp ?
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2010, 09:45:43 PM »
Thank you !  :D Ziziphora bungeana looks just like the illustration in Flora of China, and it occurs in Uzbekistan as well. Gee ! You learn so much at this place !
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Re: Mentha sp ?
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2010, 10:18:23 PM »
I was going to say a Micromeria... must be quite closely related?
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