Index / Search / Mentha spicata
§1 Plant
Mentha spicata L.
vernacular spearmint — species · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Mentha
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 692 counties across 44 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 692 counties across 44 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 I ▾
California view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- McDonough 17109
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 46 I ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Daviess 18027
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Owen 18119
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Scott 18143
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Scott 21209
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cedar 29039
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
Nevada view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 70 I ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 56 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
Washington view state ↗ 11 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Logan 54045
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MESP3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927175 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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