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Water Mint

Mentha aquatica

11,367Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
121Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb15
Mar65
Apr481
May895
Jun1,333
Jul2,042
Aug3,409
Sep1,511
Oct282
Nov68
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England1,135
2Worcestershire England927
3Cambridgeshire England490
4Suffolk England439
5Sefton England341
6Devon England262
7Pembrokeshire Wales237
8Powys Wales237
9Argyll and Bute Scotland236
10Isle of Anglesey Wales195
11Gwynedd Wales185
12Oxfordshire England184
13Essex England175
14North Yorkshire England156
15Herefordshire, County of England152
7,874 England746 Scotland1,150 Wales187 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,367
Peak month
August
Counties with records
121
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Mentha aquatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
39,805
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Name with authority
Mentha aquatica L.
Contributing datasets
67

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161232 · GBIF 2927208