Best Mint Family
Wild bergamot beebalm is a flowering wildflower found across prairies and meadows. It belongs to the mint family and features fragrant leaves valued for traditional medicinal purposes by Native American communities. The plant’s purple blossoms are particularly attractive to pollinators like bees, pl...
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 a North American herb in the mint family, historically used by Indigenous peoples for medicine and noted for its aromatic, spiky lavender blooms.
Common Selfheal is a widespread herb in the mint family, historically utilized in European traditional medicine for its purported wound-healing properties.
Wild Basil is an aromatic perennial herb belonging to the mint family, native to Europe and Asia, and historically used in traditional herbal medicine.
Blue skullcap (*Scutellaria lateriflora*) is a hardy wetland perennial native to North America that has been historically used in herbal medicine for its sedative properties.
Wild Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) is a small annual mint native to eastern North America, historically used by Indigenous peoples as an insect repellent and remedy for colds and headaches.
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a perennial herb native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in North America, whose compound nepetalactone triggers a well-documented euphoric response in domestic cats.
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is a perennial herb native to Central Asia, naturalized globally, and used for centuries in European and Chinese traditional medicine for cardiac complaints.
