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Mentha aquatica

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, 8:35 a.m.	Bees Birds Butterflies Good potplant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant Medicinal Useful In water Near water Sun Perennial Pioneer species 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.	Good garden plant 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:

• (c) A Emmerson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by A Emmerson source
• (c) mobbini, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by mobbini source
• (c) Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Gilles San Martin source
• (c) Еlena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Еlena source
• (c) gimbo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Jon Mortin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jon Mortin source
• (c) Иван Матершев, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Иван Матершев source
• (c) clea-deme, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by clea-deme source
• (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by David Greenberger source