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Is this Meehan's Mint/Creeping Mint?

comments (4) March 14th, 2010 in gallery

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Small mound of lush green leaves. The mound gets much taller/thicker through late spring, early summer.
Single stem with mounding blossoms at top.
Another view of a stem.
The leaf structure.
Small mound of lush green leaves. The mound gets much taller/thicker through late spring, early summer. Click the image to enlarge.

Small mound of lush green leaves. The mound gets much taller/thicker through late spring, early summer.

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This specimen is growing in a wooded area in my back yard, open to late morning/evening sunlight. It's a mound of lush green foliage and tends to become a nice looking bush in the summer. The leaves are hairy and serrated with the stems having the square shape that mint plants have. There is no fragrence to the specimen. The flowers are about 1/4" in width and height.

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glennt writes: Lamium purpureum Purple Deadnettle
it's in my yard Posted: 2:26 am on July 24th
Comarish59 writes: I was showing my hubby the close-up photos and he commented on the resemblence to henbit. I don't know henbit's scientific name, but now I'm wondering if it's related to your plant. Henbit is a winter plant here(N Central Texas zone 7). It starts appearing just before Thanksgiving and is gone by March. It has the same square stem and the flowers are identical. The only difference I can see is the shape of the leaves. Henbit has hairy round leaves with the same serrations as your's. I'll be checking into this. Posted: 2:37 am on June 15th
Comarish59 writes: I don't have any idea as to the plant ID, but I just had to comment on the photos. If everyone was able to take this quality of close-ups it would be so much easier to ID their plants. I envy your skill with a camera. Posted: 2:16 am on June 15th
Vivagirl5 writes: yeap, you are right! It is Meehan's Mint/Creeping Mint.

Here is the definition:

Creeping mint

A common name Meehania cordata, a fairly hardy, low-growing perennial. It grows to a few inches, spreads by stolons, and has heart-shaped, wrinkled, opposite leaves and spikes of hairy lavender or lilac flowers. Used as a ground cover in shade. Also known as Meehan's mint.

http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A786

I hope this answer what you were thinking. I agreed that at first you would think that this is not it because you said that the leaves were square shapes, but if you look closely the leaves are actually heart shape. The only conclusion I found is that this is really Creeping Mint aka Meehan's mint. Posted: 12:27 am on April 16th
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