Washington Flora Checklist
A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Checklist » Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae   (Mint Family)

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Family treatment authored by Fred Weinmann; last updated 10/21/2003 by Fred Weinmann
 
Taxon (native species in boldface) # Synonyms Common Names
Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy   [KZ99] 1 basil-thyme
Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze   [IFBC] 1 blue giant-hyssop
Agastache occidentalis (Piper) Heller 0 western giant-hyssop
Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze var. urticifolia 0 nettle-leaf giant-hyssop
Ajuga reptans L. 0 carpet bugle
Ballota nigra L. ssp. foetida (Vis.) Hayek   [not in H&C] 0 black horehound
Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze   [KZ99] 3 Oregon-tea
Clinopodium vulgare L.   [KZ99] 1 wild basil
Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. 0 American dragonhead
Galeopsis tetrahit L.   [IFBC] 0 common hemp nettle
Glechoma hederacea L. 0 creeping Charlie, gill over the ground, field balm, groundivy
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (L.)Ehrend.& Polatschek   [Stace 1997] 1 yellow archangel
Lamium amplexicaule L. 0 common dead-nettle, giraffehead
Lamium hybridum Villars   [AJ] 0 cutleaf dead-nettle
Lamium maculatum L. 0 spotted hen-nettle, spotted henbit
Lamium purpureum L. var. purpureum 0 red dead-nettle
Leonurus cardiaca L. ssp. cardiaca 0 motherwort
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart. 0 cut-leaf water-horehound
Lycopus asper Greene 0 rough water-horehound
Lycopus uniflorus Michx. var. uniflorus 1 northern bugleweed
Marrubium vulgare L. 0 white horehound
Melissa officinalis L. 0 lemonbalm
Mentha aquatica L.   [Stace, 1997] 3 bergamot mint, water mint
Mentha arvensis L.   [KZ99] 3 field mint, American wild mint, corn mint
Mentha ×piperita L. (pro sp.)   [KZ99] 2
Mentha pulegium L. 0 pennyroyal
Mentha spicata L. 0 spearmint
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.   [KZ99] 1 apple mint
Mentha ×villosa Huds. (pro sp.)   [KZ99] 2
Monarda didyma L. 0 scarlet beebalm, Oswego tea
Monardella odoratissima Benth. var. discolor (Greene) St. John   [H&C] 2 mountain monardella
Monardella odoratissima Benth. var. odoratissima    [H&C] 1 mountain monardella
Nepeta cataria L. 0 catnip
Origanum vulgare L. 0 wild marjoram
Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray 0 purple dragonhead, western false dragonhead
Prunella vulgaris L. var. lanceolata (W. Bart.) Fern.   [H&C] 1 self-heal, heal-all
Prunella vulgaris L. var. vulgaris    [H&C] 1 self-heal, heal-all
Salvia aethiopis L. 0 african sage
Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. incana (A.Gray)J.L. Strachan (JPM) 4 gray-ball sage, fleshy sage
Salvia glutinosa L.   [KZ99] 0 sticky sage
Salvia officinalis L. 0 kitchen sage
Salvia pratensis L. 0 meadow clary, prairie-meadow sage
Salvia sclarea L. 0 cleareye
Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh ssp. angustifolia 1 narrow-leaved skullcap
Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh ssp. micrantha Olmstead 0
Scutellaria galericulata L. 0 hooded skullcap, marsh skullcapp
Scutellaria lateriflora L. var. lateriflora 0 mad-dog skullcap, madweed
Stachys arvensis L. 0
Stachys cooleyae Heller   [H&C] 1 Cooley's hedge-nettle
Stachys mexicana Benth. 0 Mexican hedge-nettle
Stachys pilosa Nutt. var. pilosa 2 swamp hedge-nettle
Stachys rigida Nutt. ex Benth. var. rigida 0 rigid hedge-nettle
Teucrium canadense L. var. occidentale (Gray) McClintock & Epling 5 Germander
Thymus praecox Opiz ssp. arcticus (Dur.) Jalas   [KZ99] 1 thyme
Thymus pulegioides L.   [KZ99] 2 lemon thyme
Trichostema oblongum Benth. 0 mountain bluecurls
Trichostemma lanceolatum Benth.   [H&C] 0 vinegar weed


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