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                             Latin Names of Herbs
 Herbs are an essential part of gourmet cooking, natural healing and pharmaceuticals. 
 It's also very rewarding to grow your own herbs for personal usage.  The 'Herb' section
 is quite helpful in many ways, with listings of common name herbs; Latin name herbs,
 and evergreen herbs.  Tips for cooking with herbs, and growing your own herbs. 

  
Evergreen Herbs | Herb Latin Names | English to French Herb Names
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                                  A - M   Herb Latin
Names N - Z
 
 Common Name               Category    Latin Name                      Height    Light

Nashia inaguensis

Tender Perennial

NASHIA "MOUJEAN TEA"

18" - 24"

Full Sun

Nasturtium officinale

Perennial

WATERCRESS

8" - 10"

Shade

Nepeta cataria

Perennial

CATNIP

2'-3'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Nepeta cataria v. citrata

Perennial

CATNIP, LEMON

24"

Full Sun to Part Shade

* Nepeta mussini

Perennial

CATMINT

12" -18"

Sun to Part Shade

Ocimum americanum

Annual

BASIL, 'LIME'

2'

Full Sun

Ocimum bacilicum 'Mammoth'

Annual

BASIL, 'MAMMOTH'

24" - 30"

Full Sun

Ocimum bacilicum 'Purple Ruffles'

Annual

BASIL, 'PURPLE RUFFLES'

24" 30"

Full Sun

Ocimum bacilicum 'Red Rubin'

Annual

BASIL, 'RED RUBIN'

24" - 30"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum

Annual

BASIL, SWEET

24"-36"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum "Genovese"

Annual

BASIL, 'GENOVESE'

2' - 3'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Ocimum basilicum 'Citriodorum'

Annual

BASIL, LEMON

18"-24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'crispum'

Annual

BASIL,'LETTUCE LEAF'

24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Green Ruffles'

Annual

BASIL 'GREEN RUFFLES'

18"-24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Minette'

Annual

BASIL 'MINETTE'

10"- 15"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Mrs. Burns'

Annual

BASIL, 'MRS, BURNS' (LEMON)

24" - 30"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Osmin Purple'

Annual

BASIL, 'OSMIN PURPLE'

2' - 3'

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Purpurascens'

Annual

BASIL, DARK OPAL

18"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'purpurescens minimum'

Annual

BASIL, MINI PURPLE

24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Siam Queen'

Annual

BASIL, 'SIAM QUEEN'

.

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Sweet Dani'

Annual

BASIL, 'SWEET DANI' LEMON

24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum 'Thai'

Annual

BASIL, THAI

12" -24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum var. 'Cinnamon'

Annual

BASIL, CINNAMON

18"-24"

Full Sun

Ocimum basilicum var. 'Spicy Globe'

Annual

BASIL, SPICY GLOBE

10"- 15"

Full Sun

Ociumu basilicum 'Aussie Sweetie'

Annual

BASIL,' AUSSIE SWEETIE'

18" - 24"

Full Sun

Oreganium x majoricum

Perennial

OREGANO, ITALIAN

12" - 15"

Sun to Part Shade

Origanum dictamus

Tender Perennial

DITTANY OF CRETE

12"-15"

Full Sun

Origanum Kaliteri

Tender Perennial

OREGANO, KALITERI

12" - 24"

Full Sun

Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen'

Perennial

OREGANO, 'HERRENHAUSEN'

2'

Full Sun

Origanum laevigatum 'Hopleys'

Perennial

OREGANO, HOPLEYS

12" - 15"

Full Sun

Origanum majorana

Tender Perennial

MARJORAM, SWEET

8" - 10"

Full Sun

Origanum syriacum

Perennial

HYSSOP, BIBLICAL

12" - 24"

Full Sun

Origanum vulgare

Perennial

OREGANO, GREEK

12" - 18"

Full Sun

Origanum vulgare 'aureum'

Perennial

OREGANO, GOLDEN

3"

Full Sun

Origanum vulgare 'White Anniversary'

Perennial

OREGANO, WHITE ANNIVERSARY

3" - 6"

Full Sun

Origanum x majoricum

Perennial

MARJORAM, HARDY

12"

Full Sun

Pelargoninum graveolens 'Dr. Livingston'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, DR. LIVINGSTON

24" 30"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Apricot'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, APRICOT

12" - 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Lime'

Tropical Tender

GERANIUM, LIME

12" - 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Snowflake'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, SNOWFLAKE

15" - 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Staghorn Oak'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, STAGHORN OAK

12" 18"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Strawberry"

Tropical Tender

GERANIUM, STRAWBERRY

12" - 18"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Variegated Prince Rupert'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, VARIEGATED PRINCE RUPERT

15" - 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Bitter Lemon Angel''

Tropical Tender

GERANIUM

12" 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium 'Rober's Lemon Rose'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, ROBER'S LEMON ROSE

24" - 30"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium citronellum

Tropical Tender

GERANIUM, MABEL GRAY

12"- 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium cv. (Apple)

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, LILLIAN POTTINGER

15" - 18"

Full Sun

Pelargonium graveolens

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, 'ROSE SCENTED'

15" - 18"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Pelargonium graveolens 'Lady Plymouth'

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, `LADY PLYMOUTH'

15" - 24"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium grossularioides

Perennial

GERANIUM, COCONUT

8" - 10"

Sun or Shade

Pelargonium spp.

Tender Perennial

GERANIUM, FILBERT SCENTED

12" -24"

Full Sun

Pelargonium tometosum

Tropical Tender

GERANIUM, PEPPERMINT

15" - 24"

Sun or Shade

Perilla frutescens

Annual

PERILLO, RED SHISHO

2' - 3'

Full Sun

Perilla frutescens

Annual

PERILLA, GREEN

2' - 3'

Full Sun

Petroselinum crispum

Biennial

PARSLEY, CURLY

6" -24"

Full Sun

Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum

Biennial

PARSLEY, ITALIAN

12" -24"

Full Sun

Pimpinella anisum

Annual

ANISE

10"- 15"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Piper auritum

Perennial

HOJA SANTA

6' - 8'

Sun or Shade

Pogostemon heyeanus

Tender Perennial

PATCHOULI

15" - 36"

Sun to Part Shade

Poliomentha, longiflora

Perennial

OREGANO, MEXICAN

3' - 4'

Full Sun

Polygonum multiflorum

Tender Perennial

FO-TI

Vine

Full Sun

Polygonum odoratum

Tender Perennial

CORIANDER, VIETNAMESE

6"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Porophyllum ruderale ssp. Macrocephelum

Annual

PAPALO or PAPALOQUELITE

8" - 10"

Sun to Part Shade

Poterium sanguisorba

Evergreen Perennial

SALAD BURNET

12" 15"

Sun to Part Shade

Prunella vulgaris

Perennial

SELF HEAL

6" - 12"

Sun or Shade

Pycanthemum pycanthemoides

Perennial

MOUNTAIN MINT

12" to 18"

Shade to Part Sun

Rosemary officinalis 'Salem'

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, SALEM

1' - 4'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, HARDY

3'-4'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Rosmarinus officinalis 'alba'

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, WHITE FLOWERED

4'-5'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'angustifolius'

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, PINE SCENTED

2' - 3'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Arp'

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, 'ARP'

6'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Athens Blue Spires'

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, 'ATHENS BLUE SPIRES'

3' - 4'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Benendon Blue'

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, 'BENENDON BLUE'

3' -4'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Blue Boy'

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, BLUE BOY

4' -5'"

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Furneaux Hardy'

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, FURNEAUX HARDY

4' - 5'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Golden Rain'

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, 'GOLDEN RAIN'

2'-3'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Hill Hardy"

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, HILL HARDY

4'-5'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Lockwood DeForrest'

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, 'LOCKWOOD DeFORREST'

1"- 2"

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'

Evergreen Perennial

ROSEMARY, TUSCAN BLUE

4' - 6'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis cv. Renzels

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, 'IRENE'

12" -18"

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis majorica

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, PINK FLOWERED

4'-5'

Full Sun

Rosmarinus officinalis prostratus

Tender Perennial

ROSEMARY, TRAILING

18" - 24"

Full Sun

Rumex acetosa

Perennial

SORREL, GARDEN

18"

Sun to Part Shade

Rumex scutatus

Perennial

SORREL, TRUE FRENCH

3" - 6"

Light Shade

Ruta graveolens

Evergreen Perennial

RUE

24"

Full Sun

Salvia elegans

Tender Perennial

SAGE, PINEAPPLE

3'-4'

Full Sun

Salvia elegans 'dwarf'

Tender Perennial

SAGE, DWARF PINEAPPLE

12" - 24"

Full Sun

Salvia elegans cv.

Tender Perennial

SAGE, HONEY DEW MELON

24"

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis

Perennial

SAGE, GARDEN

18" -24"

Full Sun

* Salvia officinalis 'aurea'

Tender Perennial

SAGE, GOLDEN

1'-2'

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten'

Evergreen Perennial

SAGE, BERGGARTEN

18"

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis 'Holts' Mammoth'

Evergreen Perennial

SAGE, HOLTS' MAMMOTH

2'-3'

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis 'Nana'

Evergreen Perennial

SAGE, DWARF

18"

Full Sun

* Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'

Evergreen Perennial

SAGE, PURPLE

2'

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'

Tender Perennial

SAGE, VARIGATED

18"-24"

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis x S. fruticosa

Evergreen Perennial

SAGE, SILVERLEAF

10"-24"

Full Sun

Salvia officinalis x s.fruticosa

Tender Perennial

SAGE, 'SILVERLEAF'

18" - 24"

Sun to Part Shade

Salvia sclarea

Biennial

SAGE, CLARY

12''

Full Sun

Salvia sclarea 'argentea'

Biennial

SAGE, SILVER CLARY

2' -3'

Full Sun

Salvia sp.

Tender Perennial

SAGE "GRAPE SODA"

24" - 30"

Full Sun

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Evergreen Perennial

LAVENDERCOTTON, GRAY SANTOLINA

18"

Full Sun

Santolina chamaecyparissus 'virens'

Evergreen Perennial

GREEN SANTOLINA

12" - 18"

Full Sun

Saponaria officinalis

Perennial

SOAPWORT

1'-2'

Sun or Shade

Satureja hortensis

Annual

SAVORY, SUMMER

10"- 15"

Sun to Part Shade

Satureja montana

Evergreen Perennial

SAVORY, WINTER

10"-12"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Satureja montana 'Nana'

Evergreen Perennial

SAVORY, DWARF WINTER

6"- 8"

Full Sun

Satureja sp.

Perennial

SAVORY, CREEPING

1"- 2"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Scutellaria baicalensis

Perennial

SKULLCAP

8" - 10"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Silybum marianum

Annual

MILK THISTLE

2' - 4'

Full Sun

Solanum xanthocarpum

Annual

KANTIKARI

15" - 36"

Full Sun

Solidago odora

Perennial

GOLDENROD, SWEET

2' - 3'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Spilanthes oleracea

Tender Perennial

TOOTHACHE PLANT

10"-12"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Stachys byzantina

Evergreen Perennial

LAMB'S EAR

12" - 18"

Full Sun

Stachys officinalis

Evergreen Perennial

BETONY

2' - 3'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Stevia rebaudiana

Tender Perennial

STEVIA

12" 15"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Symphytum officinale

Perennial

COMFREY

3" - 5'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Tagetes lucida

Perennial

MEXICAN MINT MARIGOLD

2' -3'

Full Sun

Tanacetum parthenium

Perennial

FEVERFEW

8" - 18"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Tanacetum parthenium

Perennial

FEVERFEW, YELLOW FLOWERED

12" - 18"

Light Shade

Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum'

Perennial

FEVERFEW, GOLDEN

12" - 18"

Sun, Afternoon Shade

Tanacetum vulgare

Perennial

TANSY

3' -4'

Full Sun

Tanacetum vulgare 'crispum'

Perennial

TANSY, FERN LEAF

2' - 3'

Full Sun

* Teucrium chamaedrys

Evergreen Perennial

GERMANDER

18"

Full Sun

Teucrium fruiticans

Tender Perennial

GERMANDER, SILVERBUSH

3'-5'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Teucrium marum

Tender Perennial

THYME,CAT

12"- 18"

Full Sun

Teucrium sp.

Evergreen Perennial

GERMANDER, EVERBLOOMING

8"-10"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Thymus 'Odena's Kitchen'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, ODENA'S KITCHEN

6" - 8"

Full Sun

Thymus 'Wedgewood English'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, WEDGEWOOD

8" - 10"

Full Sun

Thymus carnosus

Perennial

THYME, PORTUGUESE

10"-12"

Full Sun

Thymus herba barona

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, CARAWAY

3"

Full Sun

Thymus leucotrichus

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, JUNIPER

6" - 8"

Full Sun

Thymus pracox 'Pink Chintz'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, PINK CHINTZ

1"- 2"

Sun to Part Shade

Thymus pracox articus

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, ELFIN

1"- 2"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Thymus praecox 'Doone Valley'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, DOONE VALLEY

2" - 3"

Full Sun

Thymus praecox arcticus

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, CREEPING

2"

Full Sun

Thymus praecox spp. Articus 'Minor'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME , MINUS

1"

Full Sun

Thymus pseudolangiunosus

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, WOOLLY

1"- 2"

Full Sun

Thymus pulegioides

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, MOTHER OF

2" - 3"

Full Sun to Part Shade

Thymus pulegioides

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, GOLDEN CREEPING

6"

Full Sun

Thymus pulegioides

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, OREGANO

6"

Full Sun

Thymus sp.

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, COCONUT

2"-4"

Full Sun

Thymus sp.

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, 'ORANGE SCENTED'

1"- 2"

Full Sun

Thymus sp.

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, LIME

3" - 6"

Full Sun

Thymus thracicus

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, LAVENDER SCENTED

2"

Full Sun

Thymus vulgaris

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, ENGLISH

12" - 15"

Full Sun

Thymus vulgaris 'Argenteus'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, SILVER

7" - 12'

Full Sun to Part Shade

Thymus vulgaris 'Narrow -leaf French'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, FRENCH

10"-12"

Full Sun

Thymus vulgaris 'Orange Balsam'

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, ORANGE BALSAM

8" - 12"

Full Sun

Thymus x citriodorus

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, LEMON

8"

Full Sun

Thymus x citriodorus variegata

Evergreen Perennial

THYME, VARIEGATED LEMON

8"- 10"

Full Sun

Trigonella foenum - graecum

Annual

FENUGREEK

24"

Full Sun

Viola odorata

Perennial

VIOLET, ROYAL ROBE

2 to 12 inches

Shade

Viola sp.

Tender Perennial

VIOLETS, PARMA

6" - 8"

Shade

Withania somnifera

Annual

ASHWAGANDHA

24" - 30"

Sun to Part Shade

Zingiber officinalis

Tropical Tender

GINGER

2' - 4'

Sun, Afternoon Shade


                                    
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