Best Mint Family

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is a North American aromatic herb in the mint family, renowned for its brilliant red tubular flowers that attract pollinators and its historical use as Oswego tea.

Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis) is the only mint species native to North America, also widespread across Europe and Asia, and historically used by numerous Indigenous peoples as food and medicine.

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.

Heal-all (*Prunella vulgaris*) is a low-growing perennial herb found across the Northern Hemisphere, historically utilized by various cultures for its broad medicinal properties.

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.