Horse Mint

Mentha longifolia

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m.	Bees Butterflies Easy to grow Edible Fragrant Medicinal Near water Semi-shade Sun Perennial Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	In water Near water Sun Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• no rights reserved, uploaded by Jean-Paul Boerekamps source
• (c) Dimitǎr Boevski, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dimitǎr Boevski source
• (c) Aleksandr_Levon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Aleksandr_Levon source
• (c) Aleksandr_Levon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Aleksandr_Levon source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Jean-Paul Boerekamps source
• (c) Mike Steinmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Mike Steinmann source