Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia rosmarinus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosmarinus officinalis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvia rosmarinus
COMMON NAME:
Rosemary
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia rosmarinus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosmarinus officinalis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvia rosmarinus
4226
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Gardens, commonly cultivated, rarely persistent or established, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Rare
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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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of four dry mericarps
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