Tennessee Smart Yards Native Plants
A comprehensive database of Tennessee native plants
Wild Mint, Field Mint
 Photo Courtesy John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/  Photo Courtesy John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/ |
Wild Mint, Field MintMentha arvensisFull to part sun, wet to medium moisture level, adapted to most soils except rocky, moderately acid to neutral pH. 1-2 ft height, blooms summer into fall, white to pink to lavender flowers, spreads aggressively by rhizomes and moderately fast by re-seeding.Germination Code: A, DNative Region: Occurs only in 6 counties – Lake, Obion, Davidson, Williamson, Dekalb, and CampbellOne of the few native mints. Can be weedy or invasive. Attracts bees.flower;sun;wet;clay |
Tennessee Smart Yards Native Plants 
Not true about the six counties. My yard is full of it in Rutherford
I posted your comment. Thanks for the feedback! If you want, you could take a good close-up photo, and I or you could send it to the
Tennessee Herbarium so they can update their files. They would be interested.
We have this in Sumner County.
This also grows in North East Iowa.
We make tea with it.