swap_horiz Wild Mint Alternatives

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Cardinal Flower

The cardinal flower (*Lobelia cardinalis*) is a wetland wildflower known for its prominent, bright red blooms. These spi...

Wetland Summer Red Hummingbird

9.3 Excellent

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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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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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Great Blue Lobelia

Great blue lobelia (*Lobelia siphilitica*) is a North American perennial wildflower whose scientific name reflects its h...

Blue Wetland Summer Tall

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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Common Buttonbush

Common Buttonbush is a North American wetland shrub noted for its distinctive, spherical white flower heads that attract...

Wetland Summer White Spherical

8.1 Great

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Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow Pond Lily, or Nuphar, is an aquatic perennial widespread across the Northern Hemisphere, distinguished by its flo...

Wetland Floating Yellow Summer

8.0 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

10

Swamp Candles

Swamp Candles, or Lysimachia terrestris, is a North American wetland plant distinguished by its erect spikes of bright y...

Wetland Yellow Summer Spike

8.0 Great

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Spotted Touch-me-not

Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) is a native annual of moist habitats with explosive seed pods and sap traditio...

Wetland Summer Orange Balsam

7.9 Good

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Pickerelweed

Pickerelweed is an aquatic perennial native to the Americas, recognized by its large heart-shaped leaves and distinctive...

Wetland Summer Purple Aquatic

7.8 Good

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Pale Touch-me-not

Pale Touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) is a native annual of eastern North American moist woodlands, bearing pale yellow...

Wetland Yellow Summer Balsam

7.7 Good

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Fringed Loosestrife

Fringed Loosestrife is a North American perennial noted for its nodding yellow flowers and hairy leaves that thrive in m...

Wetland Yellow Summer Loosestrife

7.6 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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Meadowsweet

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) is a European wetland perennial historically significant as the plant from which salic...

Wetland Summer White Fragrant

7.3 Good

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Blue Skullcap

Blue skullcap (*Scutellaria lateriflora*) is a hardy wetland perennial native to North America that has been historicall...

Blue Wetland Medicinal Summer

7.0 Good

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Wild Basil

Wild Basil is an aromatic perennial herb belonging to the mint family, native to Europe and Asia, and historically used...

Pink Aromatic Summer Woodland Edge

7.0 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