Eau de Cologne mint

Eau de Cologne mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species:
M. aquatica
Variety:
M. a. var. citrata
Trinomial name
Mentha aquatica var. citrata
(Ehrh.) W.C.Werner
Synonyms
  • Mentha citrata Ehrh.
  • Mentha aquatica f. citrata (Ehrh.) Fresen.
  • Mentha aquatica var. glabrata W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, nom. superfl.
  • Mentha × piperita subsp. citrata (Ehrh.) Briq.
  • Mentha × piperita var. citrata (Ehrh.) Fresen.

Eau de Cologne mint, also known as orange mint and bergamot mint, is a cultivated mint. In a 1970 study, most plants were found to be male sterile forms of Mentha aquatica, so were regarded as Mentha aquatica var. citrata, although in England the hybrid Mentha × piperita was found. The Royal Horticultural Society treats eau de Cologne mint as Mentha × piperita f. citrata. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families sinks both scientific names into Mentha aquatica.

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