Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Wild Marjoram at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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
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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