Lamiaceae Mentha arvensis L.

Canadian Mint

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 109

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Scientific name: Mentha arvensis L.
USDA symbol: MEAR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of stems taken for fevers.

RECRD: 12710 id: 22709