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Help identify this wildflower?

14 years ago

It was found near the edge of a pond, in Windsor,Ontario..It's obviously a wildflower because it was in a nature reserve, and there was only a few plants..

It had long stems with little leaves, kind of like oregano, with tube-like white flowers..Both the flowers and leaves were aromatic (and smelled great!).

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flora_uk
14 years ago
Pity we can't see the leaves. But it could be Mentha aquatica, Water Mint, an introduced species. (btw some websites have incorrect pictures. 'Canada plants' shows Cardamine pratensis as Mentha aquatica.) Sadly being on a nature reserve is not a guarantee that a plant is native.

Here is a link that might be useful: Water mint in Canada
lycopus
14 years ago
I was thinking maybe peppermint (M. aquatica is one of the parents). Definitely not our only native mint, M. canadensis, which doesn't form a terminal cluster of flowers like that.
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Native to nearly all of the eastern halves of the the US and Canada, plus Washington and Oregon. http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SPTO2&mapType=nativity More info: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e412 This post was edited by missingtheobvious on Sat, Jul 19, 14 at 0:10
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Yep- That's it. But now after reading about it, perhaps it's best left on the towpath! Sounds like it can have some nasty effects to some people. Thank you!
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