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Round-leaved oregano is a small woody-based perennial or subshrub, 10–30 cm tall, grown as a culinary herb and groundcover. It needs sun and very well-drained, alkaline soil, and dislikes wet winters.
Origanum rotundifolium, the round-leaved oregano, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Turkey, Armenia and Georgia. It is a small woody-based perennial or subshrub growing to 10–30 cm (4–12 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, with strongly aromatic leaves, and loose clusters of pink flowers with hop-like pale green bracts, throughout the summer.
The specific epithet rotundifolium means "round-leaved".
Origanum amanum · Origanum laevigatum · Marjoram · Pot marjoram · Biblical-hyssop · Oregano
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Origanum rotundifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
