Origanum vulgare: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Origanum
- Species
- Origanum vulgare
- Scientific Name
- Origanum vulgare
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oregano
Oregano (US: , UK: ; Origanum vulgare) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It was native to the Mediterranean region, but widely naturalised elsewhere in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
Oregano is a woody perennial plant, growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall, with opposite leaves 1–4 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) long. The flowers which can be white, pink or light purple, are 3–4 mm (1⁄8–3⁄16 in) long, and produced in erect spikes in summer. It is sometimes called wild marjoram, while its close relative O. majorana is known as sweet marjoram. Both are widely used as culinary herbs, especially in Turkish, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Latin, and French cuisine. Oregano is also an ornamental plant, with numerous cultivars bred for varying leaf colour, flower colour and habit.
...Origanum vulgare in languages:
- Arabic
- مردقوش شائع
- Arabic
- مردقوش بري
- Belarusian
- Мацярдушка звычайная
- Bokmål
- bergmynte
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен риган
- Catalan
- Orenga
- Chinese
- 野薄荷
- Chinese
- 牛至
- Croatian
- Divlji mažuran
- Czech
- dobromysl obecná
- Danish
- Merian
- Dutch
- Wilde marjolein
- English
- Oregano
- English
- Wild Marjoram
- Estonian
- harilik pune
- Finnish
- Meirami
- Finnish
- Mäkimeirami
- French
- Origan commun
- Galician
- Ourego
- German
- Echter Dost
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Dost
- German
- Oregano
- German
- Wilder Majoran
- Hebrew
- אורגנו (אזובית פשוטה)
- Hungarian
- Szurokfű (növényfaj)
- Hungarian
- szurokfű
- Hungarian
- közönséges szurokfű
- Italian
- Origano comune
- Japanese
- オレガノ
- Japanese
- ハナハッカ
- Japanese
- ワイルド・マジョラム
- Kazakh
- Кәдімгі жұпаргүл
- Latvian
- Parastā raudene
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis raudonėlis
- Modern Greek
- Ρίγανη
- Modern Greek
- Ορίγανον το κοινόν
- Polish
- Lebiodka pospolita
- Portuguese
- Orégão
- Russian
- Душица обыкновенная
- Russian
- Орегано
- Slovak
- Pamajorán obyčajný
- Slovene
- navadna dobra misel
- Swedish
- kungsmynta
- Turkish
- Keklik Otu
- Ukrainian
- Материнка звичайна
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Origanum acutidens
- Origanum akhdarense
- Origanum amanum
- Origanum bargyli
- Origanum bilgeri
- Origanum boissieri
- Origanum brevidens
- Origanum calcaratum
- Origanum compactum
- Origanum cordifolium
- Origanum cyrenaicum
- Origanum dayi
- Origanum dictamnus
- Origanum ehrenbergii
- Origanum elongatum
- Origanum floribundum
- Origanum haussknechtii
- Origanum husnucan-baseri
- Origanum hypericifolium
- Origanum isthmicum
- Origanum jordanicum
- Origanum laevigatum
- Origanum leptocladum
- Origanum libanoticum
- Origanum majorana
- Origanum microphyllum
- Origanum minutiflorum
- Origanum onites
- Origanum pampaninii
- Origanum petraeum
- Origanum punonense
- Origanum ramonense
- Origanum rotundifolium
- Origanum saccatum
- Origanum scabrum
- Origanum sipyleum
- Origanum solymicum
- Origanum symes
- Origanum syriacum
- Origanum vetteri
- Origanum vogelii
- Origanum vulgare
- Origanum × majoricum
Child Taxa
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