This series starts just past Bay Area Park on Bay Area Blvd. and curves to the south-east (right) on Red Bluff, and then turns onto Kirby. Parking and restrooms are located at the entrance to Bay Area Park. Parking can also be had at several pull offs on Red Bluff. Stopping and hopping on either street is highly discouraged as these are very busy roads with high speed limits that few observe anyway. There is a nice, paved trail along this series, which makes it great for biking!
FOREST MINT
Mentha laxiflora (Forest Mint) is native to moist woodland in eastern Australia. Forest Mint grows in damp or swampy areas, particularly near rivers and creeks, mainly in clay-rich soils.
This mint is an open, spreading perennial herb with erect hairy stems, often suckering. Its leaves are aromatic, lance-shaped leaves with scattered hairs and bluntly toothed margins, 10-80mm x 5-30mm. Its flowers are loose axillary clusters of 4-8 lobed flowers on short stalks that are a mauve-pink to white in color. The plants flower in September to March (summer -- remember this is Australia).
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