Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Rosmarinus officinalis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosmarinus officinalis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Salvia rosmarinus
COMMON NAME:
Rosemary
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Rosmarinus officinalis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosmarinus officinalis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Salvia rosmarinus
4226
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Documented growing wild in - - SC
Rare
Look for it in gardens, commonly cultivated, rarely persistent or established, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - almost needle-like, revolute, coriaceous, aromatic
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Lavender, bluish, or whitish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx with 3 primary lobes
2-lipped corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of four dry mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!