"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

Index of plants with the same common name

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