Mentha canadensis

Native to:: Cambodia | Canada | AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT | China | Japan | Jawa | Korea | Kuril Is. | Labrador | Laos | Lesser Sunda Is. | Malaya | Maluku | Myanmar | Philippines | Russia | Sri Lanka | Sulawesi | Sumatera | Thailand | Vietnam

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Taxonomy

Division:: Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
Family:: Lamiaceae
Genus:: Mentha
Species:: Mentha canadensis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:: Forb/herb

Host Plant for Caterpillars

Hermit sphinx (Sphinx eremitus)

Reported Fauna Sightings

Bees: Half-black bumble bee (Bombus vagans), Indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus insularis), Red-belted bumble bee (Bombus rufocinctus), Two-form bumble bee (Bombus bifarius), Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)