Transcript Worldwide-- 180 genera 3500 species North America

EXAMPLES
Spices that come from the Mint Family are
basil, rosemary, lavender, marjoram,
germander, thyme, savory, horehound,
mint, peppermint, and spearmint! Great
for cooking!
HELPFUL USES
Genera
Worldwide-- 180 genera
3,500 species
North America--
rich in volatile oils-- and menthol which is in cough drops
These help the body sweat-- making the mint plants listed as
diaphoretic in herbal books
The Mint Family can be used in medicines to help break fevers
As a diaphoretic herb, it can raise a fever to cook a virus to kill the
fever
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Peppermint
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The Mint Family
Lamiaceae
Key Words-- Square stalks and opposite
leaves, as well as aromatic
HELPFUL HINTS
The volatile oils are deadly to microorganisms
The mint can help purify water
Or you can eat a few mint leaves after drinking
stream water to help kill bacteria
DICOT-- irregular dicot -figwort like flowers
Petals
Typically mint flowers have 2
petal lobes up and 3 petals
lobes down
There are 4 stamens inside
the flower -- one pair would
be longer than the other
Reproduce using spurs
Self Heal
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Prunella vulgaris
Horehound
Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel
Marrubium vulgare
((Sqaure Stalk))
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