Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Mentha arvensis L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Mentha arvensis L. ssp. borealis (Michx.) Taylor & MacBryde, Mentha arvensis L. ssp. haplocalyx Briq., Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze, Mentha arvensis L. var. glabrata (Benth.) Fern., Mentha arvensis L. var. lanata Piper, Mentha arvensis L. var. sativa auct. non Benth., Mentha arvensis L. var. villosa (Benth.) S.R. Stewart, Mentha borealis Michx. , Mentha canadensis L., Mentha gentilis L., Mentha glabrior (Hook.) Rydb., Mentha penardii (Briq.) Rydb.

Common names:

American mint (1923) (156)

American wild mint (1899-1936) (5, 72, 82, 93, 131, 138, 157, 158)

Canada mint (1942) (155)

Cang pezuta cikala (1918?-1970?, Lakota, little wood medicine) (121)

Cejaka or šejaka (1918?-1970?, Lakota, mint) (121)

Chiaka (1919, Dakota) (37)

Corn mint (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Creeping whorled mint (1913-1936) (5, 93)

Downy whorled mint (1913-1936) (5, 93)

Feldminze (1900, German) (158)

Field mint (1840-1986) (3, 4, 5, 19, 93, 98, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Horse mint (1840) (19)

Kahts-kiwahaaru (Pawnee, swamp medicine) (1919) (37)

Lamb's-tongue [Lamb's tongue] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Mint (1913-1930) (80, 82, 107)

Northern mint (1840) (19)

Peppermint (1932, SD) (85)

Pezhe nubthon (1919, Omaha-Ponca, fragrant herb) (37)

Red mint (1942) (155)

Spearmint (1913) (5)

Spearmint (1932, SD) (85)

Water calamint (1876-1900) (92, 158)

Wild bergamont (1898, Oxford Co. ME) (77)

Wild bergamot (1898, Oxford Co. ME) (77)

Wild mint (1671-Present, Whitehouse - probably this species, Josselyn) (1, 2, 4, 35, 37, 46, 47, 48, 50, 63, 95, 105, 114, 121, 127)

Wild pennyroyal (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Wild peppermint (1905, MT) (101)