I'm from Mexico, and my mother has this plant, it grows quick and right now it doesn't have flowers but they are some kind of soft purple/violet color, the taste it's really bitter and my mother knows this plant as "insulin"
It's a bit wrinkled and hairy.
by TurtleThing1
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What do the leave smell like crushed?
This looks most likely like something in the mint family, with square hairy stems, but it’s hard to know which exactly without flowers or smell.
Looks like lemon balm. Does it smell lemony when crushed?
Cat nip? Definitely in the mint family
Looks like ‘catmint’
It’ll be purple underneath the leaves with cold temperatures.
Break some leaves and toss them to your kitty to confirm ID.
Most cats will sniff it and roll on it.
Coleus Ambionicus ( Old name: Plectranthus Ambionicus) commonly called as Cuban Oregano, though not true Oregano. Both are in the mint family Lamiaceae though.
Looks like catnip to me