Mentha spicata is a perennial herb that grows from creeping rhizomes. It contains a square erect or creeping stem with hairs that are 30-100 cm tall.
The leaves are opposite, attaching directly to the stem, 2-8cm long, 6-40 mm wide, narrow-oval to elliptic-oval, gradually tapering to a pointed tip and sharply toothed along the margins.
The flowers are 3-5mm long, lavender, containing a 5-lobed, tube-shaped calyx and a 4-lobed, tube-shaped corolla. The four stamens are not longer than the petals. Inflorescence are broad, tapering terminal spikes 3-12 cm long, that are originating in leaf axils. This plant blooms from June to August.
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