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Lamiaceae  ¦  Mentha  ¦  Mentha arvensis  ¦  04534

Label

Accession No. 04534 
Family Lamiaceae 
Species Mentha arvensis L.
Common name "wild mint"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (452)  24 July 2000 , with K.T. Harper, R. Van Buren, D. Carter
Geography United States,  Utah, San Juan County
Lat./Long. 37°  53' 37" N, 109°  28 ' 7" W at 8660 feet (2640 m)
Locality Monticello Lake vicinity, along North Creek Road (County Road 101), E of the Abajo Mountains; 
Ecology lake upland. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Mentha arvensis L.
     Mentha arvensis auct. non L.
     Mentha arvensis ssp. borealis (Michx.) Taylor & MacBryde
     Mentha arvensis var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze
     Mentha arvensis var. glabrata (Benth.) Fern.
     Mentha arvensis ssp. haplocalyx Briq.
     Mentha arvensis var. lanata Piper
     Mentha arvensis var. sativa auct. non Benth.
     Mentha arvensis var. villosa (Benth.) S.R. Stewart
     Mentha canadensis L.
     Mentha gentilis L.
     Mentha glabrior (Hook.) Rydb.
     Mentha penardii (Briq.) Rydb.

Common Name(s): field mint, wild mint, wild mint.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=565302, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Lamiales
                                Family: Lamiaceae
                                    Genus: Mentha
                                        Species: Mentha arvensis
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 04534s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 03384s1.jpg 
03384
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03385
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03803
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04465
specimen image: 04472s1.jpg 
04472
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04636
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05400
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07056
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07903
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15945

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
04540 Artemisia campestris  var. scouleriana   "Pacific sagewort" same section
04537 Carex nebrascensis      "Nebraska sedge" same section
04535 Chrysopsis villosa  var. minor   "hairy goldenaster" same section
04545 Cleome serrulata  var. angusta  same section
04531 Epilobium ciliatum      "fringed willowherb" same section
04497 Erigeron flagellaris      "trailing fleabane" same section
04576 Eriogonum alatum      "winged wild buckwheat" same section
04533 Gutierrezia sarothrae      "common snakeweed" same section
04461 Herrickia glauca      "grey aster" same section
04530 Juncus longistylis      "longstyle rush" same section
04539 Myriophyllum sibiricum      "shortspike watermilfoil" same section
04538 Myriophyllum sibiricum      "shortspike watermilfoil" same section
04489 Penstemon strictus      "Rocky Mountain penstemon" same section
04536 Solidago nana      "dwarf goldenrod" same section
04532 Solidago simplex      "coastal goldenrod" same section
04541 Sparganium angustifolium      "narrow-leaf bur-reed" same section
04542 Sparganium angustifolium      "narrow-leaf bur-reed" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Monticello Lake (Lake) San Juan County, UT 622 ft. NE 8596  Monticello Lake 
Monticello Lake Dam (Dam) San Juan County, UT 622 ft. NE 8596  Monticello Lake 
Pine Ridge (Ridge) San Juan County, UT 0.7 mi. E 8846  Monticello Lake 
Prairie Dog Knoll (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1 mi. SW 9873  Monticello Lake 
Taylor Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 1.4 mi. SE 8793  Monticello Lake 
Buckboard Campground (Locale) San Juan County, UT 1.3 mi. SE 8718  Monticello Lake 
Race Track Reservoir (Reservoir) San Juan County, UT 1.3 mi. W 8744  Monticello Lake 
Harts Draw-Canyonlands Point of Interest (Locale) San Juan County, UT 1.5 mi. N 8281  Monticello Lake 
The Race Track (Trail) San Juan County, UT 1.3 mi. W 9036  Monticello Lake 
Buckboard Flat (Flat) San Juan County, UT 1.8 mi. SE 8934  Abajo Peak 
North Canyon (Valley) San Juan County, UT 1.8 mi. SE   Abajo Peak 
Horsehead Peak (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2.1 mi. S 11175  Abajo Peak 
North Peak (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.9 mi. SW 10791  Abajo Peak 
Baker Guard Station (Locale) San Juan County, UT 2.2 mi. SE 9111  Abajo Peak 
Manti-La Sal National Forest - La Sal Division (Forest) Grand County, UT 2.1 mi. SW 10417  Monticello Lake 
Dalton Trailer Camp (Locale) San Juan County, UT 2.3 mi. SE 8419  Abajo Peak 
Dalton Spring Campground (Locale) San Juan County, UT 2.4 mi. SE 8399  Abajo Peak 
Spring Lake (Reservoir) San Juan County, UT 2.2 mi. W 8531  Shay Mountain 
Spring Lake Dam (Dam) San Juan County, UT 2.2 mi. W 8531  Shay Mountain 
Jackson Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 3 mi. N 7901  Monticello Lake 

Links

Taxon Links for species Mentha arvensis  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Mentha+arvensis

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