Clinopodium vulgare (Wild basil)

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Clinopodium vulgare L.

Wild basil

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Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Halácsy， non Clairv.
Clinopodium vulgare L. var. neogaea (Fernald) C.F. Reed
Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch var. diminuta (Simon) Fernald & Wiegand
Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch var. neogaea Fernald

7/28/2013 · Andres Institute of Art, Big Bear Mountain, Brookline, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 6″ (16 × 16 cm)

7/18/2017 · Tobyhanna State Park, Pennsylvania · ≈ 3 × 2½″ (7.7 × 7 cm)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7.3 cm)

7/28/2013 · Andres Institute of Art, Big Bear Mountain, Brookline, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 8″ (16 × 20 cm)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia · ≈ 8 × 8″ (19 × 20 cm)

7/28/2013 · Andres Institute of Art, Big Bear Mountain, Brookline, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

7/28/2013 · Andres Institute of Art, Big Bear Mountain, Brookline, New Hampshire · ≈ 4½ × 4½″ (12 × 12 cm)

7/18/2017 · Tobyhanna State Park, Pennsylvania · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (11 × 9.2 cm)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia · ≈ 5 × 4½″ (12 × 12 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Lamiales	Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
Family	Lamiaceae	Mint family
Genus	Clinopodium	Possibly from the Greek klino, “to slope or recline,” and podos or podios, “a foot,” but the Jepson Manual gives the meaning as “savory,” which is one of the common names for members of this genus, formerly Satureja
Species	vulgare	Latin for “common”

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Clinopodium vulgare description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.