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wild mint family ID help desired!

 
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came across a number of these plants while walking today, in a cow pasture that's been cowless for 6 months or so. it's got a square stem and fairly broad leaves, ~3" across. you can see the flower spikes in the pics. neither of the pics truly capture the color right (phone camera), but there is a shiny blue-purple cast in the center of the leaves. the smell/taste is nice but not super powerful, with a vaguely minty background...but more catnip than mint. it's not the normal catnip i'm more used to, though. any ideas? north carolina appalachian mts.
 
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Howdy Greg! I can't see any pictures. Seems like maybe they didn't post?
 
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apparently not!
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Perilla, I think. It’s invasive but edible.  I am not a 100percent sure.
 
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I was gonna say shiso (perilla) as well. It's in the mint family, or as it's called here: the shiso family.
 
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