Plant family
Mint & sage family — Lamiaceae
438 species across 29 genera in the Growli library
The mint family is the aromatic backbone of the herb garden — basil, mint, sage, thyme, rosemary, oregano and lavender — alongside ornamentals like salvia, catmint and coleus. Square stems and paired leaves give the family away.
Browse mint & sage family by genus
Salvia (154)Thymus (34)Lavandula (25)Mentha (22)Plectranthus (21)Nepeta (20)Ocimum (18)Origanum (18)Agastache (17)Teucrium (14)Monarda (13)Phlomis (10)Ajuga (9)Satureja (8)Lamium (8)Perilla (7)Melissa (5)Rosmarinus (5)Stachys (5)Hyssopus (5)Pycnanthemum (5)Caryopteris (4)Solenostemon (2)Scutellaria (2)Glechoma (2)Prunella (2)Coleus (1)Marrubium (1)Clinopodium (1)
All mint & sage family we cover
- African Blue Basil
- Agastache 'Black Adder'
- Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
- Agastache 'Kudos Coral'
- All Gold Lemon Balm
- Amanus Oregano
- Andean Silver-Leaf Sage
- Anise hyssop
- Anise-scented Sage
- Annual Clary
- Anouk French lavender
- Apple Mint
- Apricot Sprite Hyssop
- Aroanian Germander
- Arp Rosemary
- Arp Rosemary
- Autumn Sage
- Axillary Balm
- Baby Sage
- Baikal Skullcap
- Balkan Sage
- Banana Mint
- Barbecue Rosemary
- Barbecue Rosemary
- Barrelier's Sage
- Basil
- Beach Salvia
- Beacon Silver Dead Nettle
- Bee Balm 'Cambridge Scarlet'
- Belize Sage
- Bellhop Plant
- Berggarten Sage
- Betony
- Big Red Sage
- Big-Flowered Catmint
- Black Sage
- Black Scallop Bugle
- Blanco's Sage
- Blue Anise Sage
- Blue Spurflower
- Blue-flowered African Sage
- Bluish Sage
- Bog Sage
- Bove's Jerusalem Sage
- Britton Perilla
- Broad-Leaved Lavender
- Broad-leaved Thyme
- Buchanan's Sage
- Bugle
- Burgundy Glow Bugle
- Camphor Catmint
- Camphor Thyme
- Canary Island Lavender
- Canary Island Sage
- Candelabra Sage
- Canyon Sage
- Caradonna Salvia
- Caraway Thyme
- Cardinal Sage
- Caryopteris incana
- Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight'
- Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'
- Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Worcester Gold'
- Cat Thyme
- Catlin's Giant Bugle
- Catmint 'Walker's Low'
- Catnip
- Cedar Sage
- Chaytor's Lavender
- Chestnut-Flowered Sage
- Chia
- Chia Sage
- Chiapas Sage
- Chinese Artichoke
- Chocolate Chip Bugle
- Chocolate Mint
- Cinnamon Basil
- Clary Sage
- Clasping Sage
- Claw Sage
- Cleveland Sage
- Clustered Mountain Mint
- Coconut Thyme
- Coleus
- Coleus
- Common Bugle
- Compact Oregano
- Compact Thyme
- Compacta Sage
- Corn Mint
- Corrugated Sage
- Corsican Mint
- Cosson's Germander
- Creeping Charlie
- Creeping Lemon Thyme
- Creeping Rosemary
- Creeping Sage
- Creeping Savory
- Creeping Thyme
- Creeping Thyme
- Creeping Winter Savory
- Crested Phlomis
- Cuban Oregano
- Curved-Flower Sage
- Cut-leaved Selfheal
- Daghestan Sage
- Dandelion-leaved Sage
- Darcy's Sage
- Dittany of Crete
- Doerfler's Thyme
- Downy Sage
- Eared Sage
- East African Savory
- Eastern Bee Balm
- Eau de Cologne Mint
- Elfin Thyme
- Elfin Thyme
- English Lavender
- English Thyme
- Ernst's Spurflower
- Eyelash Sage
- Felty Germander
- Fernleaf Lavender
- Field Sage
- Flanagan's Sage
- Flowering coleus
- Forest Spurflower
- Forsythia Sage
- Foxglove Sage
- French Fringed Lavender
- French Lavender
- Fringed Spurflower
- Fruit-scented Sage
- Garden Catmint
- Garden Catmint
- Gattefosse's Mint
- Geneva Bugle
- Genovese Basil
- Gentian Sage
- Gesneria-flowered Sage
- Ginger Mint
- Golden Jubilee Anise Hyssop
- Golden Lemon Balm
- Golden Lemon Thyme
- Golden Oregano
- Golden Sage
- Golden-Leaved Jerusalem Sage
- Grape-Scented Sage
- Grapefruit Mint
- Greek Bush Basil
- Greek Oregano
- Greek Sage
- Greek Tree Sage
- Green Lavender
- Green Shiso
- Green Shiso
- Grey Sage
- Grosso lavandin
- Grosso Lavender
- Guatemalan Blue Sage
- Hairy Sage
- Half-Stained Sage
- Hart's Pennyroyal
- Hausa Potato
- Headed Thyme
- Heath-leaved Sage
- Hedge Woundwort
- Heldreich's Sage
- Hermann's Pride Yellow Archangel
- Herrenhausen Oregano
- Hidcote Lavender
- Hoary Mountain Mint
- Holy Basil (Tulsi)
- Horse Mint
- Hot and Spicy Oregano
- Hummingbird Mint
- Hyssop
- Indian Coleus
- Indian Sage
- Interrupted Sage
- Italian Oregano
- Italian Sage Phlomis
- Jagged Lavender
- Japanese Catmint
- Japanese Sage
- Jerusalem Sage
- Jupiter's Distaff
- Jurisic's Sage
- Korean Mint
- Lamb's Ear
- Lavandin
- Lavandin
- Lavender
- Lavender-leaved Sage
- Lebanese Oregano
- Lemon balm
- Lemon Basil
- Lemon Basil
- Lemon Basil
- Lemon Bee Balm
- Lemon Catnip
- Lemon Thyme
- Lemon Thyme
- Lettuce Leaf Basil
- Levant Sage
- Licorice Basil
- Lilac Sage
- Lime Basil
- Liquorice Blue Korean Mint
- Lobster Flower
- Long-flowered Sage
- Long-Leaved Phlomis
- Long-stamen Sage
- Long-stamened Sage
- Long-Stemmed Thyme
- Long-styled Sage
- Loscosi's Thyme
- Luisier's Lavender
- Lycian Sage Phlomis
- Magnolia-leaved Sage
- Many-spiked Sage
- Marseille Germander
- Marsh Woundwort
- May Night Salvia
- Meadow Clary
- Mealy-cup Sage
- Mealycup Sage 'Victoria Blue'
- Mediterranean Sage
- Mexican Bush Sage
- Mexican Hyssop
- Mexican Orange Sage
- Mexican Sage
- Mint
- Mintleaf Spurflower
- Mojito Mint
- Monarda 'Jacob Cline'
- Monarda 'Marshall's Delight'
- Monarda Cambridge Scarlet
- Monarda Croftway Pink
- Money Plant Spurflower
- Moorcroft's Sage
- Moroccan Lavender
- Moroccan Mint
- Mosquito Plant
- Mountain Desert Sage
- Mountain Germander
- Mountain Lemon Thyme
- Mountain Mint
- Muir's Sage
- Munstead Lavender
- Namaqualand Sage
- Narrow-leaved Sage
- Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
- Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
- Nepeta 'Walker's Low'
- Nepeta racemosa 'Blue Wonder'
- Nepeta sibirica 'Souvenir d'André Chaudron'
- Nerved Catmint
- Nettleleaf Giant Hyssop
- New Mexico Giant Hyssop
- Nile Sage
- Nodding Sage
- Opposite-Flowered Sage
- Orange Woolly Sage
- Oregano
- Ornamental Oregano
- Painted Nettle
- Pau's Germander
- Penny Mountain Thyme
- Pennyroyal
- Peppermint
- Peppermint
- Persian Catmint
- Phlomis-Like Sage
- Pineapple Mint
- Pineapple Sage
- Pink Hyssop
- Pink Pewter Dead Nettle
- Pink Spur Flower
- Pitcher Sage
- Plectranthus Oertendahlii
- Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Black Dragon'
- Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Freckles'
- Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Kong Rose'
- Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Rainbow Festive Dance'
- Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Wizard Scarlet'
- Pot Marjoram
- Prairie Azure Sage
- Prostrate Rosemary
- Provence Lavender
- Przewalski's Sage
- Purple Basil
- Purple Bugle
- Purple Dragon Dead Nettle
- Purple Garden Sage
- Purple Giant Hyssop
- Purple Jerusalem Sage
- Purple Ruffles Basil
- Purple Sage
- Purple-flowered Sage
- Purple-Top Germander
- Pyramidal Bugle
- Quedlinburg Lemon Balm
- Raceme catmint
- Red Bee Balm
- Red Creeping Thyme
- Red Shiso
- Red-Topped Sage
- Regel's Sage
- Richard's Thyme
- Ringed Sage
- Roborowsky's Sage
- Rock Hyssop
- Rock Thyme
- Rosemary
- Rosemary
- Rosy-Leaf Sage
- Rough Sage
- Round-leaved Sage
- Sage
- Salvia
- Salvia 'Hot Lips'
- Salvia 'May Night'
- Salvia × sylvestris 'Blauhügel'
- Salvia farinacea 'Evolution Violet'
- Salvia farinacea 'Strata'
- Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'
- Salvia splendens 'Sizzler Burgundy'
- Salvia splendens 'Vista Red'
- Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'
- Salvia yangii
- San Diego Sage
- Savory of Crete
- Scarlet Bee Balm
- Scarlet Giant Hyssop
- Scarlet Sage
- Selfheal
- Seravshan Hyssop
- Sesse's Sage
- Shady Sage
- Shining Thyme
- Shiny Thyme
- Shiso
- Shiso (Perilla)
- Silver Posie Thyme
- Silver Queen Thyme
- Silver Sage
- Silver Spurflower
- Silver Thyme
- Sinaloa Sage
- Six Hills Giant Catmint
- Skullcap
- Smooth Oregano
- Spanish Lavender
- Spanish Marjoram
- Spanish Sage
- Spanish Wood Thyme
- Spearmint
- Spearmint 'Kentucky Colonel'
- Spike lavender
- Spiny Germander
- Spotted Bee Balm
- Spotted Dead Nettle
- Spottted Horsemint
- Steppe Sage
- Sticky Jerusalem Sage
- Straw-red Sage
- Summer savory
- Summer Savory Cuban
- Summit Sage
- Sunset Hyssop
- Swedish Ivy
- Sweet marjoram
- Syrian Oregano
- Tangier Sage
- Tenerife Lavender
- Texas Sage
- Thai Basil
- Thai Basil
- Thistle Sage
- Three-yoked Sage
- Thyme
- Toothed Sage
- Transylvanian Sage
- Tree Germander
- Tricolor Sage
- Tropical Sage
- Tuberous Catmint
- Tufted Thyme
- Tulsi Kapoor
- Tulsi Vana
- Turkestan Clary
- Turkish Catmint
- Turkish Pink Sage
- Turkish Red Sage
- Turkish White Sage
- Tuscan Blue Rosemary
- Tuscan Blue Rosemary
- Variegated Ground Ivy
- Velvet Sage
- Vera lavender
- Vetter's Oregano
- Vietnamese Perilla
- Violet Sage
- Violet-Flowered Sage
- Virginia Mountain Mint
- Wagner's Sage
- Walker's Low Catmint
- Walker's Low Catmint
- Wall Germander
- Water Mint
- Watermint
- Webb's Germander
- Wedge-Leaved Savory
- West Texas Sage
- White Bergamot
- White Dead Nettle
- White Horehound
- White Hyssop
- White Nancy Dead Nettle
- White Sage
- White-blue Sage
- Wild Basil
- Wild Bergamot
- Wild Thyme
- Winter Marjoram
- Winter savory
- Wood Sage
- Woodland Sage
- Woolly Jerusalem Sage
- Woolly Lavender
- Woolly Thyme
- Xalapa Sage
- Yellow Archangel
- Yellow Germander
- Yellow Giant Hyssop
- Yellow-flowered Sage
- Zulu Spurflower
Mint & sage family — frequently asked questions
Are mint & sage family toxic to cats and dogs?
Most mint & sage family are pet-safe. Of the 438 mint & sage family we cover, 229 are non-toxic on the ASPCA list and 209 carry a toxic or mildly-toxic rating. Even in a mostly-safe family, confirm the individual species before trusting it around pets.
How much light do mint & sage family need?
Most mint & sage family want plenty of direct sun — 319 of the 438 in our library do best there. If yours stretches toward the window or loses its variegation it needs more light; scorched or bleached leaves mean it is getting too much.
Are mint & sage family easy to care for?
Some mint & sage family suit experienced growers — several want strong light, sharp drainage or a specific seasonal rhythm. Check the individual species page for the exact regime before you buy.
What is the Lamiaceae family?
The Lamiaceae family — the mint & sage family — groups 438 species across 29 genera in the Growli library, most prominently Salvia, Thymus, Lavandula. Members share a broadly similar light, water and soil pattern, which is why it pays to learn the family before the individual plant.