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Spearmint or spear mint (''Mentha spicata'') is a species of mint native to much of Europe and Asia (Middle East, Himalayas, China etc.), and naturalized in parts of northern and western Africa, North and South America, as well as various oceanic islands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew )〕〔(Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 238 留兰香 liu lan xiang ''Mentha spicata'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 576. 1753. )〕〔(Altervista Flora Italiana, Menta romana, ''Mentha spicata'' L. ) includes photos + distribution maps for Europe + North America〕〔(Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map )〕 ;Subspecies〔 #''Mentha spicata'' subsp. ''condensata'' (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet - Mediterranean region; naturalized in New Zealand #''Mentha spicata'' subsp. ''spicata'' - most of species range ==Description== It is a herbaceous, rhizomatous, perennial plant growing 30–100 cm tall, with variably hairless to hairy stems and foliage, and a wide-spreading fleshy underground rhizome. The leaves are 5–9 cm long and 1.5–3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. The stem is square-shaped, a trademark of the mint family of herbs. Spearmint produces flowers in slender spikes, each flower pink or white, 2.5–3 mm long, and broad.〔〔Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.〕 Hybrids involving spearmint include ''Mentha × piperita'' (peppermint; hybrid with ''Mentha aquatica''), ''Mentha × gracilis'' (ginger mint, syn. ''M. cardiaca''; hybrid with ''Mentha arvensis''), and ''Mentha × villosa'' (large apple mint, hybrid with ''Mentha suaveolens''). The name 'spear' mint derives from the pointed leaf tips.〔Turner, W. (1568). ''Herbal''. Cited in the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「spearmint」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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