CAT-00064
Native pennyroyal / wild mint
Mentha diemenica
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Mentha
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Herb / spice
- Latin name
- Mentha diemenica
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Native pennyroyal / wild mint
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/wild-mint-mentha-diemenica/; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A450417-1 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00064
- Mature width
- 50cm
- Native range
- Eastern and southeastern Australian habitats.
- Plant family
- Lamiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 10cm
- Native states
- NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC
- 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
- Nutlets follow flowers; harvest leaves during growth.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Leaves for culinary flavouring
- Flowering season
- Species-specific period not yet confirmed.
- Brief description
- Low creeping mint with aromatic foliage and mauve flowers.
- Drought tolerance
- Low; regular moisture needed.
- Preparation notes
- Use small amounts of identified aromatic leaves as flavouring.
- Flower description
- Small pink to mauve flowers.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising in a moist partly shaded pot or contained herb bed.
- 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