family Lamiaceae

noun

1. a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary

   Synonyms

   • Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family

   Less specific

   • asterid dicot family

   More specific

   • mint

   Members

   • Acinos, genus Acinos, Agastache, genus Agastache, Ajuga, genus Ajuga, Ballota, genus Ballota, Blephilia, genus Blephilia, Calamintha, genus Calamintha, Clinopodium, genus Clinopodium, Collinsonia (more) , genus Collinsonia, genus Coleus, Conradina, genus Conradina, Dracocephalum, genus Dracocephalum, genus Elsholtzia, Galeopsis, genus Galeopsis, Glechoma, genus Glechoma, Hedeoma, genus Hedeoma, Hyssopus, genus Hyssopus, Lamium, genus Lamium, Lavandula, genus Lavandula, Leonotis, genus Leonotis, Leonurus, genus Leonurus, Lepechinia, genus Lepechinia, Sphacele, genus Sphacele, Lycopus, genus Lycopus, genus Origanum, Majorana, genus Majorana, Marrubium, genus Marrubium, Melissa, genus Melissa, Mentha, genus Mentha, Micromeria, genus Micromeria, Molucella, genus Molucella, genus Monarda, Monardella, genus Monardella, Nepeta, genus Nepeta, Ocimum, genus Ocimum, Perilla, genus Perilla, genus Phlomis, genus Physostegia, genus Plectranthus, Pogostemon, genus Pogostemon, Prunella, genus Prunella, Pycnanthemum, genus Pycnanthemum, Koellia, genus Koellia, Rosmarinus, genus Rosmarinus, genus Salvia, Satureja, genus Satureja, Satureia, genus Satureia, Scutellaria, genus Scutellaria, Sideritis, genus Sideritis, Solenostemon, genus Solenostemon, Stachys, genus Stachys, Teucrium, genus Teucrium, Thymus, genus Thymus, Trichostema, genus Trichostema

   Member of

   • Polemoniales, order Polemoniales