Here you can identify garden herbs and medicinal herbs. For some herbs there is also information about the origin, height and winter hardiness.
Allium schoenoprasumChive
Origin: Asia, Europe, North America
Height: 10 to 50 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
Allium schoenoprasum “green leaved”Chives
Origin: Only cultivated
Ammi visnaga, Visnaga daucoidesToothpick-Plant
Origin: Africa (North Africa), Asia (Caucasus, West Asia), Europe (Southeast Europe, Southwest Europe) and as an introduced species also in other regions
Height, habit: 30 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant
USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)
Anethum graveolensDill, Garden Dill
Origin: Probably Western Asia and North Africa
Height: 50 to 100 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthe
Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa
Height: 40 to 120 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
Blitum bonus-henricusGood-King-Henry, Poor Man's Asparagus
Origin: Europe
Height: 20 to 80 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
Borago officinalisBorage
Origin: Mediterranean region
Claytonia sibiricaSiberian Miner's Lettuce, Candy Flower
Origin: Asia (Russia), North America (Canada, USA)
Height: 10 to 40 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
DillAnethum graveolens
Origin: Probably Western Asia and North Africa
Height: 50 to 100 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
Eutrema japonicumWasabi, Japanese Horseradish
Origin: Japan, Korea, Russia
Galium odoratumSweetscented Bedstraw, Woodruff
Origin: Asia, Europe
Houttuynia cordataChameleon Plant, Heartleaf
Origin: China, Bhutan, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan
Lavandula angustifoliaCommon Lavender, English Lavender, Garden Lavender
Origin: France, Italy, Spain
Lavandula stoechasSpanisch Lavender
Origin: Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Asia
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Common Horehound
Origin: Asia, Europe, Mediterranean
Height: 20 to 60 centimeters
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)
Marsilea minutaClover Fern
Origin: Africa, Asia (India, Malaysia)
Matricaria chamomillaCommon Blue Chamomile, German Chamomile
Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa
Mexican OreganoPoliomintha longiflora
More infos: Mexico, Haiti
Murdannia loriformisBeijing Grass
Origin: Tropical and subtropical Asia
Origanum rotundifolium “Kent Beauty”Round-Leaved Oregano
Origin: The wild type is native to Eurasia (Georgia, Turkey)
Height: Up to 20 centimeters
USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)
Pandanus amaryllifoliusPandan Leaves
Origin: Maybe Moluccas, Indonesia
Persicaria odorataVietnamese Coriander, Vietnamese Mint
Origin: Tropical Asia
Plectranthus amboinicusCuban Oregano, Country Borage
Origin: Probably tropical Africa or India
Height: 30 to 100 centimeters
USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)
Plectranthus amboinicus “Variegata”Cuban Oregano, Country Borage
Origin: Probably tropical Africa or India.
Height: 30 to 100 centimeters
USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)
Rumex acetosaCommon Sorrel, Garden Sorrel
Origin: Asia, Australia, Europe, North Africa
Rumex sanguineusBloodwort Dock, Wood Dock
Origin: Europe to Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia)
USDA zone: 6 (-27.8 F/-18 °C)
Salvia officinalisGarden Sage, Common Sage
Origin: Southeastern Europe
Salvia officinalis “Icterina”Golden Sage, Garden Sage
Origin: The wild type is native to Southeastern Europe.
Salvia officinalis “Purpurascens”Purple Sage, Garden Sage
Origin: The wild type is native to Southeastern Europe
Height: 40 to 60 centimeters
USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)
Salvia pratensisMeadow Clary, Meadow Sage
Origin: Europe
Satureja douglasiiYerba Buena
Origin: North America
Satureja montanaWinter Savory
Origin: Europe
Stevia rebaudianaStevia, Sweetleaf, Sugarleaf
Origin: South America
Thymus serpyllum “Gregor’s Weiße”Breckland Thyme, Creeping Thyme
Origin: The wild type is native from Europe to Siberia in Asia.
Tulbaghia alliaceaWild Garlic
Origin: Tropical Africa (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa)
Tulbaghia violacea “Variegata”Society Garlic, Pink Agapanthus
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa
