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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.

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    I am not sure this question can be answered as mint hybridizes so easily
    – kevinskio ♦
    Jan 15, 2023 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 Bot
    Jan 15, 2023 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, 2023 at 1:07
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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, 2023 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, 2023 at 18:29

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