Lamiaceae

Comb bushmint

Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mesosphaerum

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Comb bushmint (Mesosphaerum pectinatum) — FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 栉穗香苦草, 栉穗山香, 櫛穗香苦草
dag: Gbeba
English: Comb bushmint

Synonyms

Ballota disticha Rodsch.
Ballota parviflora Sessé & Moc.
Ballota suaveolens Rodsch.
Brotera persica Spreng.
Bystropogon coarctatus Thonn. & Schumach.
Bystropogon pectinatus (L.) L'Hér.
Clinopodium imbricatum Vell.
Hyptis nepetoides Fisch. ex Schrank
Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit.
Hyptis persica (Spreng.) Poit.
Hyptis racemosa Zuccagni
Mentha perilloides L.
Nepeta aristata Rich.
Nepeta pectinata L.
Nepeta persica Poit. ex Benth.
Pogostemon perilloides (L.) Mansf.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sofie Meeus, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: marius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.