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Yerba buena
Set of aromatic plants

Yerba buena

Yerba buena or hierba buena are various aromatic plants, most of which belong to the mint family.

The specific plant species varies from region to region, depending on what grows wild in the surrounding landscape, or which species is customarily grown in local gardens. Perhaps the most common variation of this plant is spearmint. It covers a number of aromatic true mints and mint relatives of the genera Clinopodium, Satureja or Micromeria. All plants so named are associated with medicinal properties, and some have culinary value as herbal teas or seasonings as well.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Daniel Lu (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.