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I bought two mint plants in different places; I bought them as supposedly being peppermint and spearmint but they don't really look like I'd expect, although the flavors ARE sort of in line with what you'd expect for peppermint and spearmint.

Not quite peppermint, I think Not quite peppermint close-up

Not sure this is spearmint either? Supposedly spearmeint close-up

P.S. there's some old leaves in there but the white spots are sunscreen.

Gregorio Litenstein
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    I am not sure this question can be answered as mint hybridizes so easily – kevinskio Jan 15 '23 at 18:02
  • Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. – Community Jan 15 '23 at 22:29
  • @kevinskio I'm not expecting to get them genome sequenced, so to say... but perhaps a bit of a more precise guess. The first one with lots or growth is supposed to be peppermint, and the other one wlth just the one stem is supposedly spearmint – Gregorio Litenstein Jan 16 '23 at 01:07
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    Exactly opposite what I'd expect based on **my** peppermint and spearmint plants, but yeah, mints are bit hard to nail down (or, "what it smells like is what it is") as there are really multiple thousands of variants. – Ecnerwal Jan 17 '23 at 12:07
  • There is not just one, easily identified thing, called "spearmint". Likewise for "peppermint". Published guides and books and other literature to the contrary. – kreemoweet Jan 17 '23 at 18:29
  • @Ecnerwal Pretty much why I posted this in the first place hahaha. – Gregorio Litenstein Jan 19 '23 at 15:13
  • So... after doing a bit more digging, it seems the second one should be Mentha *citrata*, AKA?Eau de cologne mint or orange mint. – Gregorio Litenstein Jan 30 '23 at 20:53

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