Mentha longifolia

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Mentha spicata var. longifolia L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 24 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); truncate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	11	13	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	2	2	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	2	2	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.