Family: Mint / Dead-Nettle [Labiatea / Lamiaceae] |
Agastache |
Ajuga |
Ballota |
Betonica |
Caryopteris |
Cedronella |
Clinopodium |
Coleus |
Dracocephalum |
Galeopsis |
Glechoma |
Hyssopus |
Lamiastrum |
Lamium |
Lavandula |
Leonurus |
Lycopus |
Marrubium |
Melissa |
Melittis |
Mentha |
Monarda |
Nepeta |
Origanum |
Phlomis |
Physostegia |
Prunella |
Rosmarinus |
Salvia |
Satureja |
Scutellaria |
Sideritis |
Stachys |
Teucrium |
Thymus |
Ziziphora |
This is, along with the Daisy Family, another large family. The family includes a lot of members used as herbs, such as the Mints. Smells feature strongly in the Dead-Nettle Family, ranging from sweet, pleasant, quite nice to positively disgusting.
The family includes the following sub-groups: Dead-Nettles (Lamium), Hemp-Nettles (Galeopsis), Woundworts (Stachys), Calamints (Clinopodium), Thymes (Thymus), Horehounds, Claries (Salvia), Skullcaps (Scutellaria), Bugles (Ajuga), Germanders (Teucrium) and Mints (Mentha), along with several others that seem to have a category all by themselves like, for instance, Ground-Ivy (Glechoma). Of the herbs, Marjoram, Wild Basil, Wild Thyme, Balm, Wood Sage, Apple Mint, Spearmint and Peppermint feature strongly.
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[TEUCRIUM] Germanders
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Wood Sage. (Teucrium scorodonia) | Photo: © RWD |
[BETONICA] Betony
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Betony. (Betonica officinalis) | Photo: © RWD |
[STACHYS] Woundworts
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Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) | Photo: © RWD |
Field Woundwort (Stachys arvensis) | Photo: © RWD |
Marsh Woundwort. (Stachys palustris) | Photo: © RWD |
Downy Woundwort (Stachys germanica) | Photo: © Chris Hughes |
Lamb's-Ear (Stachys byzantina) | Photo: © RWD |
[BALLOTA] Black-Horehounds
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Black Horehound. (Balota nigra) | Photo: © RWD |
[MARRUBIUM] White Horehound
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White Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
[LAMIUM] Dead-nettles
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Henbit Dead-Nettle. (Lamium amplexicaule) | Photo: © RWD |
White Dead-Nettle. (Lamium album) | Photo: © RWD |
Spotted Dead-Nettle (Lamium maculatum) | Photo: © RWD |
Red Dead-Nettle. (Lamium purpureum) | Photo: © RWD |
Cut-Leaved Dead-Nettle (Lamium hybridum) | Photo: © RWD |
[LAMIASTRUM] Yellow Archangel
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Variegated Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) | Photo: © RWD |
[GALEOPSIS] Hemp-nettles
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Large-Flowered Hemp-Nettle (Galeopsis speciosa) | Photo: © RWD |
Common Hemp-Nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) | Photo: © RWD |
Bifid Hemp-Nettle (Galeopsis bifida) | Photo: © RWD |
Red Hemp-Nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
[MENTHA] Mints
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[Mentha] MINT HYBRID CHART |
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Most of the Mints hybridize freely with one another. The above is a chart of all the known hybrids of the Mints with other Mints. A triple hybrid between Corn Mint, Water Mint and Spear Mint, called Tall Mint (M. aquatica × arvensis × spicata) would require a third dimension in order to show it on a cube-chart, so it is missing from this chequerboard chart. Unlike the Willowherb Hybrid Chart where there are no common names for the hybrids, here most of the hybrids of the mints have a common name. There are no known hybrids of Pennyroyal nor of Corsica Mint. The empty dark-brown squares show that there is plenty of opportunity for much more promiscuity between mints. N.B. Due to the symmetrical nature of the chart, each hybrid appears twice.
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Mentha SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS | ||||
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Apple Mint. (Mentha × villosa) | Photo: © RWD |
Corn Mint. (Mentha arvensis) | Photo: © RWD |
Whorled Mint (Mentha x verticillata) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Water Mint. (Mentha aquatica) | Photo: © RWD |
Spear Mint. (Mentha spicata) | Photo: © RWD |
Sharp-Toothed Mint (Mentha x villosonervata) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) | Photo: © RWD |
Tall Mint (Mentha × vismithiana) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Round-leaved Mint (Mentha suaveolens) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
[THYMUS] Thymes
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Wild Thyme. (Thymus polytrichus) | Photo: © RWD |
[ORIGANUM] Wild Marjorum
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Marjoram. (Origanum vulgare) | Photo: © RWD |
[PRUNELLA] Self-heals
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Selfheal. (Prunella vulgaris) | Photo: © RWD |
[SCUTELLARIA] Skullcaps
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Skullcap. (Scutellaria galericulata) | Photo: © RWD |
Lesser Skullcap (Scutellaria minor) | Photo: © RWD |
[AJUGA] Bugles
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Bugle. (Ajuga reptans) | Photo: © RWD |
Pyramidal Bugle. (Ajuga pyramidalis) | Photo: © Jeremy Roberts |
Ground Pine (Ajuga chamaepitys) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
[GLECHOMA] Ground-Ivy
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Ground-Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) | Photo: © RWD |
[LYCOPUS] Gipsywort
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Gipsywort. (Lycopus eurapaeus) | Photo: © RWD |
[LEONURUS] Motherwort
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Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) | Photo: © Jules de Bharra |
[PHLOMIS] Sages
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Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruticosa) | Photo: © RWD |
Turkish Sage (Phlomis russeliana) | Photo: © RWD |
[CLINOPODIUM] Calamints
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Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) | Photo: © RWD |
Common Calamint (Clinopodium ascendens) | Photo: © RWD |
Wood Calamint (Clinopodium menthifolium) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
[SALVIA] Claries
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Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca) | Photo: © RWD |
Balkan Clary (Salvia nemorosa) | Photo: © John Sampson |
Sage (Salvia officinalis) | Photo: © RWD |
[MELISSA] Balm
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Balm (Melissa officinalis) | Photo: © RWD |
[MELITTIS] Bastard Balm
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Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum) | Photo: © Alison Tickner |
[Rosmarinus] Rosemary
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) | Photo: © RWD |
[NEPETA] Cat-Mints
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Garden Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii) | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
Family: Mint / Dead-Nettle [Labiatea / Lamiaceae] |