10 Wild Mint Seeds ~ Mentha longifolia Seeds ~ Medicinal and Culinary Herbs

With its strong mint smell and taste, this herb has found its way into homes for centuries where it has been used in the kitchen and as a medicine. There are many different mints; different species, hybrids and special selections that are grown all over the world. Most of them are water lovers and are usually found growing in wet and damp places. Mentha longifolia or wild mint is a fast-growing, perennial herb that creeps along an underground rootstock. It can reach up to 1.5 m high in favourable conditions, but is usually between 0.5-1 m high and even shorter in dry conditions. Strongly aromatic, the leaves are soft long and narrow with a sharp point and between 45-100 mm long and 7-20 mm wide. The leaves are usually coarsely hairy and the edges sparsely toothed. The colour of the leaves varies from light and dark green to grey. The small flowers of Mentha longifolia are crowded into spikes at the tip of the stems. Varying in colour from white to mauve, this wild mint flowers throughout the summer months.

Found in most parts of the country and easy to harvest, wild mint is a popular traditional medicine. It is mainly used for respiratory ailments but many other uses have also been recorded. It is mostly the leaves that are used, usually to make a tea that is drunk for coughs, colds, stomach cramps, asthma, flatulence, indigestion and headaches. Externally, wild mint has been used to treat wounds and swollen glands.

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