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Spear Mint

Mentha spicata

529Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr16
May29
Jun43
Jul109
Aug149
Sep95
Oct15
Nov11
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England41
2Sefton England40
3Highland Scotland22
4Norfolk England14
5Oxfordshire England14
6Scottish Borders Scotland11
7Portsmouth England11
8Cornwall England9
9Warrington England9
10Essex England8
11North Yorkshire England8
12Devon England7
13City of Edinburgh Scotland7
14Shetland Islands —7
15Kent England6
376 England67 Scotland7 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
529
Peak month
August
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Mentha spicata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,797
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Name with authority
Mentha spicata L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160114 · GBIF 2927175