Wild basil

"Wild basil" is a common name for several plants in the mint family (Lamiaceae):

  • the genus Clinopodium, in particular:
    • Clinopodium vulgare (wild basil)
    • Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens (ascending wild basil)
    • Clinopodium gracile (slender wild basil)
    • Clinopodium arkansanum (low calamint, limestone wild basil)
  • Cunila origanoides (dittany)
  • Ocimum gratissimum (African basil), e.g. in Hawai'i
  • Perilla frutescens (perilla)
  • the genus Pycnanthemum (mountainmints), in particular:
    • Pycnanthemum incanum (hoary mountainmint), e.g. in the continental U.S.
    • Pycnanthemum setosum
    • Pycnanthemum verticillatum
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