Lamiaceae — Mint Family

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Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lamiaceae
Synandra hispidula (Michx.) Baill.

Synandra hispidula (Michx.) Baill.

Synandra hispidula (Michx.) Baill.

Synandra hispidula is a strict biennial herb that grows in shady moist North American forests.

Tectona grandis L.f.

Tectona grandis L.f.

Tectona grandis L.f.

Tectona grandis (teak) is a large deciduous tree prized for its durable, high-quality wood, native to South and Southeast Asia.

Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray

Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray

Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray

Tetraclea coulteri (Coulter's wrinklefruit) is a night-flowering perennial mint of the southwestern US Sonoran Desert.

Teucrium argutum R.Br.

Teucrium argutum R.Br.

Teucrium argutum R.Br.

Teucrium argutum R.Br. is a hairy scrambling perennial herb with pink-purple flowers native to eastern Australian forests and woodlands.

Teucrium botrys L.

Teucrium botrys L.

Teucrium botrys L.

Teucrium botrys (cutleaf germander) is an annual/biennial Lamiaceae plant native to Western Europe, introduced to northeastern North America.

Teucrium canadense L.

Teucrium canadense L.

Teucrium canadense L.

Teucrium canadense L. (American germander) is a North American native perennial with documented traditional medicinal uses.

Teucrium chamaedrys L.

Teucrium chamaedrys L.

Teucrium chamaedrys L.

Teucrium chamaedrys, or wall germander, is an ornamental native to Mediterranean regions and the Middle East up to Iran.

Teucrium cubense Jacq.

Teucrium cubense Jacq.

Teucrium cubense Jacq.

Teucrium cubense is a mint-family flowering plant native to the Americas that may have antidiabetic effects.

Teucrium flavum L.

Teucrium flavum L.

Teucrium flavum L.

Teucrium flavum L. is a Lamiaceae subshrub native to the Mediterranean region and parts of North Africa, with four accepted subspecies.

Teucrium fruticans L.

Teucrium fruticans L.

Teucrium fruticans L.

Teucrium fruticans, or tree/shrubby germander, is an evergreen Mediterranean flowering shrub grown in cultivation, with an award-winning blue-flowered cultivar.

Teucrium montanum L.

Teucrium montanum L.

Teucrium montanum L.

Teucrium montanum (mountain germander) is a southern European alpine shrub known to the ancient Greeks.

Teucrium polium L.

Teucrium polium L.

Teucrium polium L.

Teucrium polium, or felty germander, is a western Mediterranean sub-shrub with edible and medicinal leaves that carries liver toxicity risk.

Teucrium pyrenaicum L.

Teucrium pyrenaicum L.

Teucrium pyrenaicum L.

Teucrium pyrenaicum, the Pyrenean germander, is a Pyrenees-native germander that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Teucrium scordium L.

Teucrium scordium L.

Teucrium scordium L.

Water germander (Teucrium scordium L.) is a Lamiaceae flowering plant native from Europe to China.

Teucrium scorodonia L.

Teucrium scorodonia L.

Teucrium scorodonia L.

Teucrium scorodonia L. is a hairy herbaceous perennial flowering plant that grows in sandy woodland and acid heath soils.

Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav.

Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav.

Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav.

Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. is an herbaceous thyme that has protected status in Israel and hosts a common parasitic dodder.

Thymus caespititius Brot.

Thymus caespititius Brot.

Thymus caespititius Brot.

Thymus caespititius Brot. is a dwarf aromatic mat-forming shrub native to Atlantic Iberia and nearby archipelagos, grown as an ornamental.

Thymus mastichina (L.) L.

Thymus mastichina (L.) L.

Thymus mastichina (L.) L.

Thymus mastichina is a white-flowered perennial Lamiaceae herb endemic to the central Iberian Peninsula, with flower oil used in some pain relievers.

Thymus pannonicus All.

Thymus pannonicus All.

Thymus pannonicus All.

Hungarian thyme (Thymus pannonicus All.) is a perennial Eurasian herb with culinary and traditional medicinal uses.

Thymus praecox Opiz

Thymus praecox Opiz

Thymus praecox Opiz

Thymus praecox is a European thyme species cultivated as groundcover, sometimes invasive in parts of North America.

Thymus pulegioides L.

Thymus pulegioides L.

Thymus pulegioides L.

Thymus pulegioides, broad-leaved thyme, is a creeping dwarf evergreen shrub native to temperate Europe, widely cultivated for ornamental and culinary uses.

Thymus serpyllum L.

Thymus serpyllum L.

Thymus serpyllum L.

Thymus serpyllum (wild thyme) is a low evergreen shrub used ornamentally and as a milder culinary herb.

Thymus vulgaris L.

Thymus vulgaris L.

Thymus vulgaris L.

Thymus vulgaris (common thyme) is a Lamiaceae subshrub native to southern Europe, used for cooking and herbal medicine.

Trichostema dichotomum L.

Trichostema dichotomum L.

Trichostema dichotomum L.

Trichostema dichotomum is a fragrant annual herb that produces important nectar for bees in North American open sandy habitats.

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