Plant identification herbs

Allium schoenoprasum

Chive

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

Anethum graveolens

Dill, Garden Dill

Origin: Probably Western Asia and North Africa

Height: 50 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Artemisia absinthium

Wormwood, Absinthe

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa

Height: 40 to 120 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Blitum bonus-henricus

Good-King-Henry, Poor Man's Asparagus

Origin: Europe

Height: 20 to 80 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Borago officinalis

Borage

Origin: Mediterranean region

Claytonia sibirica

Siberian 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)

Dill

Anethum graveolens

Origin: Probably Western Asia and North Africa

Height: 50 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Eutrema japonicum

Wasabi, Japanese Horseradish

Origin: Japan, Korea, Russia

Galium odoratum

Sweetscented Bedstraw, Woodruff

Origin: Asia, Europe

Houttuynia cordata

Chameleon Plant, Heartleaf

Origin: China, Bhutan, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan

Laurus nobilis

Laurel, Bay Laurel

Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa

USDA zone: 8 (19 F/-7 °C)

Lavandula angustifolia

Common Lavender, English Lavender, Garden Lavender

Origin: France, Italy, Spain

Lavandula stoechas

Spanisch Lavender

Origin: Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Asia

Marrubium vulgare

White Horehound, Common Horehound

Origin: Asia, Europe, Mediterranean

Height: 20 to 60 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Marsilea minuta

Clover Fern

Origin: Africa, Asia (India, Malaysia)

Matricaria chamomilla

Common Blue Chamomile, German Chamomile

Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa

Mexican Oregano

Poliomintha longiflora

More infos: Mexico, Haiti

Murdannia loriformis

Beijing Grass

Origin: Tropical and subtropical Asia

Nicotiana tabacum

Tobaco

Origin: Not naturally occurring.

Height: 100 to 300 centimeters

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)

Origanum vulgare “Variegata”

Wild Marjoram

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Pandanus amaryllifolius

Pandan Leaves

Origin: Maybe Moluccas, Indonesia

Persicaria odorata

Vietnamese Coriander, Vietnamese Mint

Origin: Tropical Asia

Plectranthus amboinicus

Cuban 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 acetosa

Common Sorrel, Garden Sorrel

Origin: Asia, Australia, Europe, North Africa

Rumex sanguineus

Bloodwort Dock, Wood Dock

Origin: Europe to Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia)

USDA zone: 6 (-27.8 F/-18 °C)

Salvia officinalis

Garden 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 pratensis

Meadow Clary, Meadow Sage

Origin: Europe

Satureja douglasii

Yerba Buena

Origin: North America

Satureja montana

Winter Savory

Origin: Europe

Stevia rebaudiana

Stevia, 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 alliacea

Wild 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