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Mint
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A close elative of basil and rosemary, mint has a large family with hundreds of varieties. Growing no more than few feet high with long, narrow, vertical stems and leaves, the plant can pretty much run wild. Its leaves have jagged edges and are pale to medium dark green in color.

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