swap_horiz Wild Basil Alternatives

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Swamp Rose Mallow

The swamp rose mallow (*Hibiscus moscheutos*) is a wetland perennial wildflower found throughout eastern North America....

Pink Wetland Summer Large Flower

9.1 Excellent

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Round-leaf Sundew

The round-leaf sundew is a fascinating wildflower found in northern bog habitats. This carnivorous plant uses specialize...

Pink Summer Carnivorous Bog

9.1 Excellent

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Dragon's Mouth Orchid

The Dragon’s Mouth Orchid is a unique wildflower species found in northern North American bogs. Its notable feature is t...

Pink Orchid Rare Summer

8.8 Great

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Grass Pink Orchid

The Grass Pink Orchid is a native eastern North American wetland plant notable for its inverted flowers that uniquely de...

Pink Orchid Summer Delicate

8.7 Great

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Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a wetland perennial native to eastern North America and a critical nectar and la...

Pink Wetland Summer Monarch

8.7 Great

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Wild Bergamot Beebalm

Wild Bergamot Beebalm is a native North American prairie plant in the mint family with aromatic leaves used medicinally...

Lavender Summer Prairie Pollinator

8.7 Great

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Common Milkweed

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a herbaceous perennial native to North America, essential to the survival of the...

Pink Summer Monarch Prairie

8.6 Great

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Fireweed Evening Primrose

Fireweed Evening Primrose is a native North American wildflower that readily colonizes disturbed open habitats, bearing...

Pink Annual Summer Roadsides

8.5 Great

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Bee Balm

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is a North American aromatic herb in the mint family, renowned for its brilliant red tubular f...

Medicinal Summer Red Hummingbird

8.4 Great

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Twinflower

Twinflower (*Linnaea borealis*) is a creeping woodland subshrub famously named by and chosen as the personal emblem of t...

Pink Summer Boreal Trailing

8.3 Great

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Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan, or Rudbeckia triloba, is a North American biennial noted for its profuse late-season blooms featuring...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

8.2 Great

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Wintergreen

Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) is a low-growing native North American plant whose leaves yield methyl salicylate, t...

Aromatic Summer White Woodland

8.0 Great

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Wild Rose

Wild Rose (Rosa carolina) is a native shrub of eastern North America, producing fragrant pink five-petaled flowers in su...

Pink Summer Fragrant Five Petaled

8.0 Great

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American Bellflower

American Bellflower (Campanula americana) is a tall native annual of eastern North American forests, reaching up to 6 fe...

Blue Summer Tall Woodland Edge

8.0 Great

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Fireweed

Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) is a pioneer perennial native to the Northern Hemisphere, recognized for rapidly c...

Pink Summer Tall North

7.9 Good

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Wild Mint

Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis) is the only mint species native to North America, also widespread across Europe and Asia, an...

Wetland Aromatic Lavender Summer

7.8 Good

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Wild Bergamot

Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is a North American herb in the mint family, historically used by Indigenous peoples f...

Aromatic Lavender Summer Prairie

7.3 Good

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Wild Pennyroyal

Wild Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) is a small annual mint native to eastern North America, historically used by Indig...

Tiny Aromatic Lavender Summer

6.8 Fair

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Catnip

Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a perennial herb native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in North America, whose compound nepe...

European Aromatic Summer White

6.5 Fair

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Motherwort

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is a perennial herb native to Central Asia, naturalized globally, and used for centuries...

Pink European Medicinal Summer

5.5 Mediocre