Top Results for Mint Family

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is an aromatic perennial herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to eastern North America. It typically grows 2 to 4 feet tall with square stems and opposite, serrated leaves, producing clusters of bright red tubular flowers from mid to late summer that attract hummingb...

Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis) is an herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family, native to the temperate regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. It thrives in wetland habitats, moist meadows, and along stream banks. The plant is characterized by its square stems, opposite leaves,...

Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa, is an aromatic perennial herb in the mint family, native to much of North America. It occurs in prairies, open woods, roadsides, and other sunny habitats, and its square stems and fragrant leaves reflect its relationship to other mints. The plant bears rounded heads...

Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) is a low-growing perennial in the mint family. It has opposite leaves, square stems, and compact spikes of purple or violet flowers, and commonly grows in meadows, lawns, woodland edges, and disturbed ground. The plant has a long history of use in European and Asi...

Wild basil is a common name for Clinopodium vulgare, an aromatic perennial herb in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native across much of Europe and parts of Asia and grows in dry grassland, open woodland, and woodland margins. The plant produces upright stems with clusters of pink to purple flower...

Blue skullcap is Scutellaria lateriflora, a perennial herb in the mint family that is native to moist areas of eastern and central North America. It commonly grows beside streams, in wetlands, and in damp woodland habitats, producing small blue flowers from the leaf axils rather than in a single ter...

Wild pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides, is a small annual mint native to eastern North America. The plant has slender, branched stems, small opposite leaves, and tiny lavender to pink flowers arranged in the leaf axils. Its foliage releases a strong mint-like aroma when crushed because it contains vol...

Heal-all, Prunella vulgaris, is a low-growing perennial herb in the mint family and is native across much of the Northern Hemisphere. It has opposite leaves, square stems, and compact spikes of usually purple to violet, two-lipped flowers. The species grows in lawns, meadows, pastures, roadsides, an...

Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, is a perennial herb in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to parts of Europe and Asia and has become established in many other regions, including North America. The plant produces small pale flowers and aromatic foliage containing nepetalactone, a compound that can c...

Motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca, is a perennial herb in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to southeastern Europe and parts of Asia and has become naturalized in many temperate regions. The plant has an erect, branching stem, deeply lobed leaves, and small pink to purplish flowers arranged in wh...