| Scientific Name: | Mentha x piperita |
| Common Name: | peppermint |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fragrance, Herb, Medicinal plant, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Purple, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, (Accessory tissue), Dark-red, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems 4-sided, turning reddish; leaves opposite, ovate, most blades 3-5cm long x 2-4cm wide; margin serrate, major veins may turn red, intense peppermint taste; flowers 3-6mm long, white to pink to lilac, in spike-like verticillasters. | |