Mentha suaveolens   Round-leaved Mint

   

 

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This species of mint looks like many of the others but it is quite hairy and the teeth of the leaves bend underneath making the leaf appear blunt when viewed from above. It is also supposed to have a sickly scent but I didn't notice that. Many of the mints have a characteristic scent when the leaves are crushed but the problem with that characteristic is how to describe it. All you can say generally is that a scent is sweet or nasty but otherwise you have to compare it with what you hope is another well known scent.

Banks of the River Wye Near Monmouth 6th September 2005

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Added on September 18th 2005