| Scientific Name: | Ocimum basilicum |
| Common Name: | sweet basil |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Greenhouse produce plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fragrance, Hanging basket, Herb, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Violet, Pink, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems 4-sided, leggy, purplish; leaves opposite, ovate, most blades 3-8(-11)cm long x 2-5cm wide, margin serrate, glabrous, highly scented, bright green (purplish cvs.); flowers in vertillasters. | |