CAT-00063
Bush mint
Mentha satureioides
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Mentha
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Herb / spice
- Latin name
- Mentha satureioides
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Bush mint
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/bush-mint-mentha-satureioides/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00063
- Mature width
- 40cm
- Native range
- Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA and WA.
- Plant family
- Lamiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 20cm
- Native states
- NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- After flowering; leaf harvest while actively growing.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Leaves
- Flowering season
- Summer.
- Brief description
- Low clumping mint with small aromatic leaves.
- Drought tolerance
- Low; heat and dry soil can cause dieback.
- Preparation notes
- Use correctly identified leaves in small culinary quantities; do not confuse with introduced pennyroyal.
- Flower description
- Tiny white flowers.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Grow in a watered pot with summer shade; harvest mainly in cooler months.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Small dry nutlets; leaves are the food crop.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded