What Plant Looks Like Mint

The green leaves of lemon balm have the scent of lemon with a hint of mint, with leaves that look like oversized mint — no surprise, since lemon balm is part of the mint family.

What Herb looks like mint?

What does basil look like? The leaves of the purple basil tend to be smaller than that of sweet basil, which is green. The leaves of Thai basil are more elongated, with an appearance similar to mint, and can range from green to purple, but generally have purple stems.

Are there any poisonous mint plants?

Perilla mint has a shallow taproot and fibrous roots. Perilla mint causes more cattle deaths in Tennessee than any other toxic plant. Perilla is very poisonous to cattle and other ruminants, as well as horses. All plant parts are toxic, especially the flowering structures.