HERBS
Herbs are any plants used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume. Culinary use typically distinguishes herbs as referring to the leafy green parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), from a "spice", a product from another part of the plant (usually dried), including seeds, berries, bark, roots and fruits.
Herbs have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, and in some cases spiritual usage. Culinary herbs are distinguished from vegetables in that, like spices, they are used in small amounts and provide flavor rather than substance to food.
Herbs can be perennials such as thyme or lavender, biennials such as parsley, or annuals like basil. Perennial herbs can be shrubs such as rosemary – this contrasts with botanical herbs, which by definition cannot be woody plants. Some plants are used as both herbs and spices, such as dill weed and dill seed or coriander leaves and seeds. Also, there are some herbs such asthose in the mint family that are used for both culinary and medicinal purposes. There are someherbs which are listed on the Canadian grade tables and they are included here.
Amaranth, Chinese
Amaranthus gangeticus L. (A. tricolor L.) Amaranthaceae
Anise Pimpinella anisum L. (Anisum vulgare Gaertn.) Apiaceae
Arugula (Rocket Salad or Garden Rocket)
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell. Brassicaceae
Basil Ocimum basilicum L. Lamiaceae
Claytonia (Minors Lettuce, Winter Purslane)
Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd. Montiaceae
Coriander (Cilantro or Chinese Parsley)
Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae
Corn Salad Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr. Caprifoliaceae
Cress, Upland Barbarea vulgaris W. T. Aiton Brassicaceae
Cress, Water Nasturtium officinale W. T. Aiton Brassicaceae
Cross, Water Ipomoea aquatic Forssk. Convolvulaceae
Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fabaceae
Garlic Chives (Chinese Chives)
Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. Amaryllidaceae
Golden Purslane (Summer/Garden Purslane)
Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sativa (Haw.) Schübl. & G. Martens
(Portulaca sativa Haw.) Portulacaceae
Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Mill. Lamiaceae
Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis L. Lamiaceae
Lemon Dragonhead (Moldavain Balm/Dragonhead)
Dracocephalum moldavica L. Lamiaceae
Matricaria chamomilla L. Chamomile Asteraceae
Mintina (Wormseed)
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants Chenopodiaceae
Oregano Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare Lamiaceae
Parsley Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss Apiaceae
Peppergrass Garden Cress Lepidium sativum L. Brassicaceae
Peppermint Mentha x piperita L. Lamiaceae
Spearmint Mentha spicata L. Lamiaceae
(Spearmint picture)
Potato Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae
Seed within fruits
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis L. Lamiaceae