It contains about 120 species, which are commonly called cudweeds.
They are mostly found in temperate regions, although some are found on tropical mountains or in the subtropical regions of the world.
Culinary herbs and spices,food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring,plants used primarily as herbal teas or tisanes,plant products that are purely medicinal,medicinal herbs.