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