Mentha suaveolens

Pineapple mint, Pineapple Mint

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Pineapple mint is a naturalized perennial found in northern coastal, central western, and southern coastal California, as well as in desert mountains, growing in moist places and fields at elevations below 950 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers in small clusters. Growing with soft-hairy stems 50 to 100 centimeters tall, it has a spreading, somewhat sprawling habit. Its wrinkled leaves are ovate to oblong, 1 to 4 centimeters long, with rounded tips and serrated edges, featuring a dense, many-branched hair covering on the lower surface. The plant's distinctive wrinkled texture and soft, hairy leaves make it easily recognizable in moist habitats.

Habitat: Moist places, fields

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: < 950 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoR, SNF, CW, SCo, TR, W&ampI, DMtns, cultivated elsewhere

California counties: Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Inyo, Ventura, Riverside, Tulare, Sonoma, San Francisco, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, Humboldt, Napa, San Mateo, San Diego, Tuolumne

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.