Peppermint Plant

A Peppermint plant is normally green and looks like

a normal leaf. You can only tell if it’s a peppermint

plant by smelling it.

The Peppermint plant has a beautiful purpple

flower.

The stems are green but usually on the flower they

are brown.

The last thing about a Peppermint plant is that it

can grow to be 1-3 feet tall.

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Peppermint is native to Europe and Asia.

It grows wild in most moist, temperate areas.

It needs hard soil to grow because you don’t

need to water it everyday like most other

plants.

A peppermint plant is known as a dicot and an

angiosperm.

Nutritionally Peppermint can be used for

toothpaste, and tea.

Peppermint can be used for indigestion and

irritable bowel syndrome.

Medicinally Peppermint can be used to sooth an

upset stomach or to aid in digestion.

It has been used to treat headaches, skin

irritations, nausea and many more listings.

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