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Lamiaceae — Mint Family

576 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Lamiaceae

Monardella macrantha A.Gray

Monardella macrantha A.Gray is a perennial herb with clustered colorful flowers, cultivated as an ornamental for specialty gardens and restoration.

Monardella viminea Greene

Monardella viminea, or willowy monardella, is a mint family flowering plant endemic to San Diego County, California native to coastal sage scrub.

Monarda pectinata Nutt.

Monarda pectinata is an annual mint-family bee balm native to central and southwestern US open habitats, that attracts insect pollinators.

Monarda russeliana Nutt. ex Sims

Monarda russeliana is a fragrant perennial herb native to five south-central and southeastern U.S. states.

Monarda viridissima Correll

Monarda viridissima Correll is a vulnerable endemic Texas perennial herb that grows in post oak woodland openings.

Monarda fistulosa var. stipitatoglandulosa (Waterf.)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) is a fragrant North American perennial herb used in traditional Indigenous medicine and valued by pollinators.

Clinopodium chandleri (Brandegee) P.D.Cantino & Wagstaff

Clinopodium chandleri is a small aromatic shrub native to Southern California and northwestern Baja California that grows on specialized metavolcanic rocky soils.

Clinopodium ashei (Weath.) Small

Clinopodium ashei, or Ashe's calamint, is a mint family aromatic shrub native to the southeastern US, and the main pollen source for the rare blue calamintha bee.

Clinopodium dentatum (Chapm.) Kuntze

Clinopodium dentatum, toothed savory or Florida calamint, is a mint-family aromatic shrub native to Florida and Georgia, U.S.A.

Clinopodium glabellum (Michx.) Kuntze

Clinopodium glabellum, glade calamint, is a vulnerable small perennial flowering mint native to limited parts of the southeastern US.

Clinopodium fasciculatum (Benth.) Govaerts

Clinopodium fasciculatum is a flowering Lamiaceae plant endemic to Ecuador, growing in moist montane forests and high-elevation shrubland.

Clinopodium macrostemum (Moc. & Sessé ex Benth.) Kuntze

Clinopodium macrostemum is a bushy Mexican plant with studied bioactive properties and traditional medicinal uses.

Clinopodium chilense (Benth.) Govaerts

Clinopodium chilense is a mint-family plant endemic to central Chile that grows with the endangered Chilean wine palm.

Mentha cervina L.

Mentha cervina L. is a Near Threatened aromatic Mediterranean mint used for culinary and medicinal purposes.

Mentha cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth.

Mentha cunninghamii is a distinct endemic New Zealand mint, used by Māori, currently assessed as At Risk: Declining.

Mentha australis R.Br.

Mentha australis R.Br. is an Australian mint species native to eastern Australia, naturalized on New Zealand's North Island.

Mentha satureioides R.Br.

Mentha satureioides is an Australian native herbaceous perennial, also known as native pennyroyal or creeping mint.

Pogogyne zizyphoroides Benth.

Pogogyne zizyphoroides Benth. is an aromatic annual herb with small purple lipped flowers and hairy green sepals.

Pogogyne douglasii Benth.

Pogogyne douglasii Benth. is an aromatic annual herb with headlike clusters of pinkish-purple lipped tubular flowers.

Pogogyne abramsii J.T.Howell

Pogogyne abramsii is a small endangered aromatic annual herb endemic to California vernal pools.

Pogogyne nudiuscula A.Gray

Pogogyne nudiuscula, or Otay mesa mint, is a rare endangered annual mint native to California vernal pools near the US-Mexico border.

Satureja hortensis L.

Satureja hortensis L., or summer savory, is an annual culinary and medicinal herb that supports garden biodiversity.

Satureja thymbra L.

Satureja thyme L. is an aromatic Mediterranean semi-shrub with a history of culinary and medicinal use.

Origanum syriacum L.

Origanum syriacum is a Middle Eastern herb harvested for the spice blend za'atar and used in Lebanese folk medicine.

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