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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Origanum vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Origanum vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-X:

Origanum vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Origanum vulgare

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild Marjoram, Oregano


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image of Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare, Wild Marjoram, Oregano

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_orvu_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Origanum vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Origanum vulgare

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-X:
Origanum vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Origanum vulgare

 

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3325

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Commonly cultivated in gardens, persistent or weakly spreading around gardens or as a waif, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink to magenta
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped corolla, lower lip three-lobed
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a 3-branched panicle

FRUIT:

 

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