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Apple Mint

Mentha suaveolens

Also listed as Mentha suaveolens ssp. suaveolens

Found in disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light
2 or more hours of direct sun
Soil moisture
Average to wet

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 8 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

32CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Mentha

  • Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
  • Anartia jatrophaeWhite Peacock
  • Argyrogramma verrucaGolden Looper
  • Autoplusia egenaBean-Leaf Skeletonizer Moth
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Elophila obliteralisWaterlily Leafcutter Moth
  • Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
  • Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
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  • Feltia repletaReplete Dart
  • Fumibotys fumalisMint Root Borer
  • Hahncappsia mancalisCommon Hahncappsia
  • Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
  • Lantanophaga pusillidactylusLantana Plume Moth
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Pyrausta acrionalisMint-Loving Pyrausta
  • Pyrausta laticlaviaSouthern Purple Mint Moth
  • Pyrausta orphisalisOrange Mint Moth, Orange Spotted Pyrausta
  • Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
  • Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
  • Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
  • Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
  • Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Lamiaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Also known as

Apple Mint; Pineapple Mint; Roundleaved Mint; Roundleaf Mint; Round Leaved Mint; Round Leaf Mint; Applemint; Wooly Mint; Pineapplemint; Woolymint; Mentha suaveolens ssp. suaveolens

Conservation status

Florida rankSNA
Global rankGNR
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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