Mint Family

Curtis's botanical magazine..London ; New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/453879

Curtis's botanical magazine..London ; New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/437706

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Woolly Blue Curls is a plant native to the southwestern U.S. and Baja California. It is more commonly encountered in gardens, however, in this case those of Tilden Park in Berkeley.

Orinda, California, United States

Orinda, California, United States

Maule Region, Chile

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Familiar wild flowers figured and described.London,Cassell and company, limited,[1878-.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17796291

purple deadnettle

Native to the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Bogota Botanical Gardens.

Originating from the mountains of southern Mexico, it is now largely a garden item, here from the Univ. of B.C. Botanical Gardens.

Jimena, Andalusia, Spain

Phinahina or Beach vitexLamiaceae (Mint family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Kahoolawe). Naturalized only in southeastern states along the east and gulf coasts.Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Phinahina leaves are aromatic with a sage-like spicy odor when crushed and smelling much like the simpleleaf vitex (Vitex trifolia) frequently used in Hawaiian landscaping as hedges. Other descriptions of the leaf fragrance are black pepper, basil, minty, and fir trees or "like being in a forest."EtymologyThe generic name Vitex is derived from the Latin viere, to bind or twist, in reference to the flexible creeping stems of some species.The specific epithet rotundifolia is from the Latin rotundatus, rounded, and folius, leaves, in reference to the round-shaped leaves of this species.NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Vitex_rotundifolia

Phinahina or Beach vitexLaminaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oahu (Cultivated)NPH00003nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Vitex_rotundifolia

Phinahina or Beach vitexLamiaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oahu (Cultivated)Phinahina leaves are aromatic with a sage-like spicy odor when crushed and smelling much like the simpleleaf vitex (Vitex trifolia) frequently used in Hawaiian landscaping as hedges.Other descriptions of the leaf fragrance are black pepper, basil, minty, and fir trees or "like being in a forest."NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Vitex_rotundifolia

Valbona National Park. Albanian Alps

Jupiter Island, Florida, United States

Ocimum basilicumbasil. A staple of Italian cuisine also known as sweet basil and Genovese basil, the herb has been cultivated since time immemorial, reaching the Mediterraneum well before the beginning of the Current Era. The specimen photographed was purchased at Berkeley Bowl

Ocimum basilicumbasil. The plant, purchased from Berkeley Bowl, is also called sweet basil or Genovese basil, the staple of Italian cooking. Basil has been cultivated since time immemorial, reaching the Mediterraneum well before the beginning of the Current Era. Note the style.

Originating in central Mexico. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.

Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore