Lamiales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	mint order

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Water mint (Mentha aquatica)

common forsythia

Close-up of sage plant (Salvia officinalis) with elongated, soft, gray-green leaves growing densely on woody stems.

common garden verbena

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Scrophulariales Pedaliaceae Lentibulariaceae Byblidaceae Orobanchaceae Lamiaceae Plantaginaceae Boraginaceae Oleaceae Bignoniaceae Solanales Gentianales Asterales Dipsacales Garryales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous