🌿 Family

Lamiaceae — Mint Family

576 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Lamiaceae

Acanthomintha ilicifolia A.Gray

San Diego thornmint (Acanthomintha ilicifolia) is a small annual herb native to Southern California and Baja California, currently threatened by habitat loss.

Acanthomintha lanceolata Curran

Acanthomintha lanceolata Curran is a small, scented, spiny annual herb that grows in shale or serpentine scree.

Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze

Agastache foeniculum is a North American perennial prairie plant widely valued as top-tier forage for pollinators with traditional and culinary uses.

Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze

Agastache nepetoides is a large, unscented mint species native to eastern North America that blooms late summer, attracting many bees.

Agastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze

Agastache scrophulariifolia is a declining perennial herb in the mint family with documented traditional medicinal use by the Meskwaki.

Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze

Agastache urticifolia is an aromatic North American perennial herb used for tea and traditional Native American medicine.

Ajuga australis R.Br.

Ajuga australis R.Br. is a short-lived herbaceous Australian shrub with purple flowers that can be grown in gardens.

Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb.

Ajuga chamaepitys, or ground pine, is a small herb with traditional herbal uses for gout and rheumatism.

Ajuga genevensis L.

Ajuga genevensis L. is an evergreen perennial ornamental herb native to Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, also used in traditional Austrian medicine.

Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb.

Southern bugle, Ajuga iva, is a 5-cm-tall self-supporting perennial herb in the Lamiaceae family with two known subspecies.

Ajuga orientalis L.

Ajuga orientalis L. is a flowering plant used for its claimed medicinal properties in traditional Turkish medicine.

Ajuga pyramidalis L.

Ajuga pyramidalis L., pyramidal bugle, is a perennial herb with purplish-tinted bracted purple flowers, claimed to have medicinal uses.

Ajuga reptans L.

Ajuga reptans is an evergreen perennial herb grown as garden groundcover, with edible leaves and ecological and traditional uses.

Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze

Anisomeles indica is a herbaceous plant species native to eastern Asia and naturalized on some Pacific islands.

Ballota nigra L.

Ballota nigra L. is a nitrophilous flowering plant that has a distinct moldy scent and is harvested for use in products like syrups.

Betonica macrantha K.Koch

Big betony (Betonica macrantha) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the mint family native to parts of Western Asia.

Betonica officinalis L.

Betonica officinalis (common betony) is a perennial herb with a long history of traditional medicinal uses across Europe and beyond.

Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. ex Benth.

Blephilia ciliata is a perennial mint-family herb native to eastern North America, traditionally used by the Cherokee for headache treatment.

Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth.

Blephilia hirsuta, or hairy wood mint, is a fragrant perennial mint native to eastern North American hardwood forests.

Callicarpa americana L.

Callicarpa americana L., American beautyberry, is a low-maintenance North American shrub grown ornamentally for its colorful berry clusters.

Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch

Callicarpa dichotoma, purple beautyberry, is an edible fruiting Lamiaceae shrub grown in gardens, found in East Asia.

Callicarpa pedunculata R.Br.

Callicarpa pedunculata is an up to 4m tall shrub grown as an ornamental, with inedible astringent acidic fruit.

Cantinoa mutabilis (Rich.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore

Cantinoa mutabilis is an aromatic Lamiaceae herb or subshrub native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.

Caryopteris incana (Thunb. ex Houtt.) Miq.

Caryopteris incana is a 2 - m - long deciduous vine with tuberous roots, alternate palmately - divided leaves, pale - yellow bisexual flowers in panicles, round spotted fruits, flowering from late June to early August and fruiting from late August to mid - October, distributed in central - southern China and some Korean provinces.

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